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Price, 25 Cents. 







THE cyclist's GUIDE. 

BICYCLE CLUBS AND RUNS. 



The City of Wrshington affords the finest facilities for Bicychng of any 
city in the world. Par s not excepted. On July i, 1884, there were within 
the city limits 60 miles of Asphalt and Concrete pavements, making the finest 
known roadway for bicycles, and 43 miles of Macadam and Gravel streets. 

Clubs. — The Capital Bicycle Club occupies a 4 story; nd basement brick 
buikling, No, 919 G St,, n. w, Ojien at all hours to visiting wheelmen. 
Memk'rs/iip: Riding, 124; Honorary, !0. This Pioneer Club of the D. C. 
was organized Jan. 31, 1879, by Herbert S. Owen, of Hartford, Conn., (its 
first ( aptian), who brought the first Engksh Bicycle from Boston to 
Washington. 

The Washington Cycle Club, organized March 13, 18S3. occupies a fine 
building, 1023 I2ih St., n. w. It^ membership, which i? large, comprises 
profe-sional men and merchants. Vi.^iiing wheelmen are always welcome. 
The Club House is complete in all its appointments. 

The DisriiiCT Wheelmen, organized in 1SS4. 

The Star Bicycle Club, organized in 18.^4. 

The Potomac Tricycle Club, organized July 1884, by Wm. C. Scribner, 
is composed of ladies and gen'lemen, many of whom are prominent in the 
best society of the Capital. It has no regular headquarters, holding its meet- 
ings at the residences of its members, but has regular runs, generally con- 
fined to the U'cst End. 

Runs. — The following is a complete schedule of runs: 

City Runs — The best Riding Courses of Asphalt and Concrete are N. of 
Pennsylvania Avenue and W. of North Ca])itol St., which includes the attrac- 
tive thorouglifares of the West End, or fashionable quarter. The grounds S* 
of the Kxecuiive Mansion and the Mall, i mile long and ^ of a mi'e wide, 
furnish 5 miles of the finest gravel paths that can be made for the use of The 
Wlu'cl. 

Suburban and Rural Runs. — The suburbs and circumjacent country 
within a radius of 20 miles of Washington afford a numlx^r of superb runs, 
attractive not only on account of excellent roadways, but for the beauty of 
the scenery and places of interest along the route. 

Soldiers' Home. — Leive the City by 7fh or 14th Sts., n. w., to point of 
convergence at Whitney Ave, thence to the Whitney Ave. gate. The grounds 
afford 7|< miles of the finest roads, and the most superior L'oasting 
in the world. Return by the Glenwood gate and road, thence entering 
the City by North Capitol St., and New York Ave. Most of the route in 
this direction is down grade. Distance to Soldiers' Home and return 7 miles. 

Brightwood — Leave the City by 7th or 14th Sts , W. to Boundary, 
thence by straight roads to Brightwood, 5 miles. Return by same routes or 
Ma-rnolia Lane, and Soldiers' Home, total 10 miles. 

Chain Bridge. — Leave the City bv Penna. Ave., along M (Bridge) St., 
"West Washington, into the turnpike, along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 

(Continued on third page of Corner.) 




WHAT TO SEE, AND HOW TO SEE IT. 



A SIGHTSEER'S GUIDE. 



Copiously Illustrated by a series of consecutively arranged Route- 
Maps, Diagrams, and Engravings, Directing to, Locating, 
Representing and Describing Places, Buildings, 
and Objects of Interest in the Magnificent 
Governing City of the Nation. 



By de B. RANDOLPH KEIiM, 

(Washington Correspondent.) 

Author of "Keim's Hand-Book of Washington and its Environs," "Keims's 

Official and Social Etiquette," "Washington Illustrated," etc., etc. 



NOTICE.— Turn to Point of Departure. Follow the Order of Arrange- 
ment. See the City Intelligently. Appreciate its_. Afcteictions 
Thoroughly. No other Guide of its^Frice its 
Equal. Kept up to da^^N 

DEC 3 1084. 



EDITION .885.>^ ^J^.^ ^ 



WASHINGTON, D. C: 

COPYRIGHT 1884, BY DE B. RANDOLPH KEIM. 



PRICE, 25 CENTS. 



NOTICE TO TOURISTS. 



It should be mentioned for the information of persons avaihng themselves 
of this compendious, convenient and time-saving Guide to Washington, that 
the tour of Washington, embracing every place or object of interest, is 
arranged on the basis of the excellent and complete Street Railway system of 
the City. The tracks of the different roads in themselves constitute defined 
and fixed lines, over given routes, and to certain points, which even a stran- 
ger cannot mistake, and therefore constitute an unerring guide from which he 
cannot go astray. Should the tourist prefer to do his sight-seeing afoot or 
in one of the convenient and moderate-priced Public conveyances which are 
always at hand, the plan of this Guide will present no embarrassments. In 
either case the line of the tracks on any given route, and the detours laid 
down in the text, could be advantageously adhered to. Should the tourist 
not find himself in posession of time to make the whole tour of the City as 
laid down in this complete Itinerary, he can shorten his sight-seeing and 
adapt it to his own convenience by simply glancing over the book from the 
beginning and selecting such objects as most interest him, and going to them 
directly. The copious alphabetical list of Places of Interest and How to reach 
them, given tn the Table of References, with the aid of the Maps and Itiner- 
ary, will enable any stranger to lengthen or shorten his sight-seeing to suit 
himself, and to go by the most convenient and direct route to such points as 
he may wish epecially to see. The sequence of Tour- Maps begins at West 
Washington, or Georgetown, and covers, in consecutive order, a zone which 
embraces tlie heart of the City and all its principal Public Buildings, 
llie text comprehends a description of points of interest within the limits 
included in the accompanying Tour- Maps, and then proceeds to the next, 
so that by following the directions, tourists will know where to stop and what 
to see. The tours outside of this central zone are delineated by auxiliary 
maps leading off from the main series and accompanied by descriptive text, 
or are otlierwise fully explained. 



THINGS FOR STRANGERS TO REMEMBER. 



All Government Buildings are opex to the public between the liours of 
9 a. m. and 2 p. m. Where special hours or rules are applicable, they will be 
stated ni their proper places. To pay respects to any official, send your card 
^•^'V"^' l^^ai-ked "to pay respects," by the messenger at the door. The 
official will indicate liis convenience. Not more than three minutes should 
be taken of liis time. Consult the Tour-Maps constantly, these will present 
at a glance, all llie places of interest within convenient distance, and how to 
get to tliem. The tourist can make his own selection, and by turning to the 
alphabetical Table of references, can readily find the description. Fees are 
not expected by messengers, employed by the Government, showing visitors 
through Public Buildings. 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



LOCATION. 




Agriculture, Dept. of 

Alexandria and Ferry \ 

Aqueduct, Georgetown. . . 
" Washington... 

Arlington 

Army, Headquarters of. . . 

Armory, W. L. Infantry . . 

" National Rifles... 

Asylum, Washington 

Barracks, Washington 

Barracks, Marine 

Boat Houses 

Botanic Garden 

British Legation 

Cabin-John Bridge 

Capitol, The 

Chain Bridge 

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. 

Churches 

Coast & Geodetic Survey . . 
Col. Hospital for Women.. 

Columbian University 

Congressional Cemetery. . . 

Convent of Visitation 

Corcoran Gallery of Art. . . 

Court of Claims 

Court House, U. S 

Deaf and Dumb Asylum . . 

Dupont, Statue of 

Education, Bureau of 

Emancipation, Statue of. . . 

Engraving & Printing 

Executive Mansion 

Falls of Potomac 

Farragut, Statue of 

Fish Ponds, U. S 

Fish Commission Station.. 

Fort Myer 

Fort Stevens. 

Georgetown 

Georgetown College 

Glenwood Cemetery 

Gov't Printing Office 



The Mall 



M and 36th St.. 
Rock Creek 



War Dept 

15th & E Sts... 
G bet. 9th & loth 
C«&: 19th sts., s.e. 
Ft. 4)4 St. w... 
8 bet. G & I s.e. 



Conn. A v. & 



Nst'. 



Capitol Park 



W. Washington. 
Stranger's Dirc'y 
N. J. Ave., s. e. 

25 & Lsts 

15 & H sts 

18 & E sts., s. e. 

35&Psts 

17 & Pa. Ave... 
Dept. of Justice. 
Judiciary Sq ■ . . 
E. end M st. n. . 
Conn. Ave.& P st. 

8&G sts 

E. Cap. & II sts 
15 & B sts. s. w. 
Pre's. Grounds. 



IV 
VI I 
XVIII| 

XVIII 

III 
III 

XIII 
IX 
VII 
VIII 

I, II 

XII 

XV 
XVIII 

XII 
XVIII 
XVIII 



Conn.Ave.&Ist. 
S. of Pres. Park. 
6 and B sts. s. w. 



W. Washington. 
W.end2st.W.W. 
N. end N. Cap.st. 
N. Cap. & H sts. 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS, 



Belt Line. 
See Wharves. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
9 & 7 St. branch. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 

Met! R.* R."" 
Belt Line. 
W. & G. R. R. 



Met. R. R. 
Belt Line. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 



W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 



Columbia R.R. 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



NAME. 



LOCATION. 



MAP. PAGE. 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS^ 



Green, Statue of 

Henry, Statue of 

High School 

High Service Reservoir... 
Hospitals and Asylums. .. 

Hotels 

House of Representatives. 

Hydrographic Office 

Hygiene, Museum of 

Insane Asylum 

Interior Department 

Jackson, Statue of 

jail, U. S 

Justice, Dept. of 

Lincoln Column 

Lincoln Hall 

Long Bridge 

Louise Home 

Luther, Statue of 

Markets, Central & Hay.. 

Marshall, Statue of 

Masonic Temple 

McPherson, Statue of. 

Medical Museum 

Metropolitan Club 

Money Order Office 

Mt. Olivet Cemetery 

Mt. Vernon 

National Museum 

Naval Hospital 

Naval Monnment 

Navy, Dept. of the 

Navy Yard 

Oak Hill Cemetery 

Observatory, Naval 

Odd-Fellows' Hall 

Opera Houses 

Ordnance Museum 

Patent Office 

Pension Building 

Pension Office 

Phto. Office, Treas. Dept.. 

Post-Office, City 

Post-Office, General 

Potomac Marshes 

Propagating Garden 



C & 5 sts., n. e. 

The Mall 

O bet. 6 & 7 sts. 
High&8sts.w.w. 

See Maps 

See List 

The Capitol.... 
I7&N. Y.Ave. 
i8& G sts 



XI 48 I Met. R. R. 
V 35,36 7th St. R.R. 

XIII Belt Line. 

XVIII 82 Met. R.R. 



F bet. 7 & 9 sts. 

Lafayette Sq 

ipbet. B&Cs.e. 
Pa.Av.&i5>^ St. 
S. of U. S. C. H. 
D bet. 8 & 9 sts. 
Foot of 14 St... 
Mass. Ave. & 15 
Vt. Ave. & 14 St. 

W. of Capitol... 

9& Fsts 

Vt. Ave. & 15 St. 
lobet.E&Fsts. 
17 and H sts... 
8& E sts 



33 



See Wharves . . . 

The .Mall 

Pa.Av. &9sl. s.e. 
Pa. Ave. & I St. 
S. W.&N.B'dg. 
Ft. of 8 St., s. e. 
N.end30st. w.w. 

23 & E sts 

7 bet. D & E sts. 
Stranger's Dirc'v 
^Vinder B'ild'g.'. 
Bet.FG,7&9sts. 
G bet. 4 & 5 sts. 
Pa.Av. 1 2& 1 3 sts. 
S. of Treasury.. 
La. Ave. nr. 7 st. 
Bet.EF,7&8sts. 



Ill 
III 

J87 

XIII I 77 

III '22 
I IX 146 

I III !24 
, XIII 

; V 

I. IV 

i XV 

XIV 

! XII 'j^ 

XIII 78 
XV 79 

XIII 79 
I III i 22 
I XIII 78 

'84 

IV 85 

V 36 

VIII : 44 

XII 

III 

VIII 
XVII 

II 

XIII 



72:. 



'76 

17. 

81 
15 



W. & G. R. R, 
W. & G. R. R. 
A. & P. R. R. 
Met.c\:7st.R.R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Belt Line. 
14th St. R. R. 
14th St. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Columbia R.R .. 



Belt Line. 

W. & G. R. R. 

; W. & G. R. R. 

19 W. & G. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 

Met. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 
. . . 7th St. R. R. 



15 & B sts. s. w. 



Ill 


17 


XIII 


77 


XIII 


76 , 


IV 




III 


27 


V 




XIII 


78 i 


III 


17 1 


IV 


33 1 



W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
; W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 



Belt Line. 



TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 



Railroad Stations 

Rawlins, Statue of 

Reform School 

Schools 

Scott, Statue of..* 

Senate, U. S 

Sewer, Tiber 

Signal Office, U. S 

Smithsonian Insti ution. 

Soldiers' Home 

Statistics, Bureau of 

State, Dept. of 

Steamers 

Street Cars 

Supreme Court of U. S.. 

Telegraph Offices 

Theatres 

Thomas, Statue of. 

Treasury, Dept. of 

War, Dept. of 

Washington, Description of 
Washington Monument... 

Washington, Statue of 

Washington, Statue of 

Washington, West 

Wayland Seminary 

Wliarves, Washington 

Wharves, W.Washington. 

Winder Building 

Work House 

V. M. C. A 



LOCATION. 



Stranger's Dirc'y 
N.Y.Ave. &i8 St. 



MAP. PAGE. 



NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 



HI 



17 W. &G. R. R. 

84 , Columbia R. R. 

See Maps 

i6&Nsts XV 80 {Met.R.R. 

The Capitol 62,63! 

VH 43 I A.&P.R.R. 



Gbet. ly&lSsts". 
The Mall 



HI 
V 



20 



15 nr. D sts 

1 7 St. cS: N.Y.Ave, ! 
Stranger's Dirc'y ' , 
See Maps , 



III 
III 



7,18 



..|87 
The Capitol 59 



W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Sil. Spr'gR.R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
See Map V. 



Stranger's Dirc'y 

14 & Msts 

15 St. & Pa. Ave. 
1 7 St. & Pa. Ave. 



XIV 
III 
III 



S. of Pre's Park. 
24 St. & Pa. Ave. 
Capitol Grounds. 



Ill 
II 

XII 
I 



i?7 

84 

86 



I 14th St. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 



19 



17 & E sts 

19 & E sts. s. e. 
N. Y. Ave. nr. 14 



VI 
XVIIll 82 

III I 17 
IX I 46 
XIV ! 84 

I i 



W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
14th St. R. R. 
All R. R.'s. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 







1 iEiBBiaa 




BDS^-iCZl[ 






D 'n LS^a sj S3t3s.at£ir 




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oaog 




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li[a$i|tnt\l] 




Government Buildings and Places. 
I. The Capitol; 2. The Executive Mansion 
3. Departments of State, 4 Of the Treasury, 
5. Of War, 6. Of the Navy, 7. Of the Interior 
and Patent Office; 8. General Post-Ofhce; 9. 
Department of Justice and Court of Claims, 10. Of 
Agriculture; ii. Naval Observatory; 12. Wash- 
ington Barracks ; 13 Navy Yard; 14. Marine Bar- 
racks; 25. Botanic *.'arden; 27. Naval Hospital ; 28. 
Government Printing Office; 29. Medical Museum; 
30. Signal Office; 31. Winder Building and Ordnance 
Museum; 44. Fish Commission Building; 45. National 
Museum; 47. U. S. Fisli Ponds; 48. Bureau of Engrav- 
ing and Printing; 49. Pension Building; 50. Money Orde 
Office. 

District Buildings.— 15. l\ S. Court House; 16. J; 
17. Washington Asylum; 18. Central Market. 

Galleries, &c.— -19. Smithsonian Institution; 24 
Gallery of Art; 26. Congressional Cemetery. 

Monuments. — 20. Washington Ohelisk; 39 







Statues.— 21. Washington; 22. Washington; 



;^^. Rawlins; 35 Emancipation; 36. Greene 
46. Henry; 52. McPlierson; 53. Farragut ; 54 
56. Luther; 57. J,>upont. 



32. Scott 
shall 




Naval Monument 



J»:ij 






Squares. — 15. Judiciary; 23, Lalayelte; 34. Mount Vernon; 
^ 35. Lincoln; 36. Stanton; 37. Kolger; 40. Garfield; 41. 

I ^' ; 42. ; 43. ' ; 51. Krank- 

';n^ lin; 55. Iowa Circle. ^- Other Parks Squares, and Cir- 

""C, cles are named alter the Buildings or Statues in them. 

^ Places of Amusement. — 58. Grand Opera 

1^ House; 59. IVational Theatre; 60. Ford's 

•y-. Opera House. 

Railroad Stations. — 61. Balt.andPoto- 
mac R. R.; 62. Bait, and Ohio R R. 




orth l>'^-. 



Lgj 






ODgSE 






OmJumyEzs. 



la 



Oinar^'^f^iZiaaanEia 



839 



,r 38 






DaDHE 



'22 CJUI 






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UNIOXTOWN 



STRANGER'S DIRECTORY. 



Hotels. — The following is a list of the leading Hotels of Washington. 
Those printed in Small Capitals are specially recommended as to accomo- 
dations, rates, and convenience to points of interest, and where Keim's 
Hand Book and Guide to Washington, the latest and most complete, 
are kept for sale at the News and Cigar Stands. (Call for these and none 
others.) 

The Arlington, Vermont Ave. bet. H and I Sts., Rates, $5.00 per day; 
The Congressional, cor. New Jersey Ave. and B St., S. E.; The Ebiti', cor. 
r and 14th Sts., Rates, $3.00 to $4.00 per day, according to location of rooms ; 
The Hamilton, cor. 14th and K Sts., Rates, $2.50 and $3.00 per day. 
S])ecial arrangements fo: permanent board; The National, cor. Penna. Ave. 
and 6th St., Rates, from $2.50 to $4.00 per day; The Metropolitan, Penna. 
Ave. bet. 6th and 7th Sts., Rates, $2.50 to $4.00 per day; The Riggs, cor. 
15th and G Sts., Rates, $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00, according to size and location 
of rooms; Willard's, cor. Penna. Ave. and 14th St., Rates, $4.50 per day, 
and special arrangements for permanent guests; The St. James, cor. Penna. 
Ave. and 6th St., (European Plan), Rooms, $1.00 to $1.50 for each person; 
St. Marc, cor. Penna. Ave. and 7th St., Rooms only, first floor, $2.00 for 
each person, $2.50 for double rooms, floors above, $1.00 for each person; 
Welker's, 15th St. bet. N. Y. Ave. and H St., (Euro]iean and American Plans}, 
single rooms $2.00 to $5.00 per day, or $5.00 ])er day room and board; 
Wormley's, cor. 15th and H Sts., .$5.00 per day. 

Places of Amusement. — Albaiigh''s ijrand Opcj-a House, 15th St., S. of 
Penna. Ave., Map HI. Ford^s Opera House, 9th St., S. of Penna. Ave., Map 
V. Xational Theatre, E St. bet. 13th and 14th Sts., Map \\. 

Railroads. — Persons departing from Washington have every facility for 
reaching all parts of the United States. 

Stations.— Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, for the North, South, 
l^ast, and West, 6th St., immediately Soutli of Penna. Ave., Map V. 

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for the North, East, and West, 
tor. New Jersey Ave. and C St., n. w., Maji XU. 

The Branch 7^icket Oj/iccs of each road are convenient to the principal 
hotels. Slecpiu;^ Cars are attached to all through night trains. Tickets may 
t)e procured at railroad ticket offices. Bai^gage will be called for and checked 
to all the ]iriiicipal cities of the United Stales, by leaving orders at tlie rail- 
road ticket offices. 

Steamers. — See Map VI — For Mount Vernon, leaves 7th St. wharf every 
day (Sundays excepted) at 10 o'clock a. m., returning at 3.30 p. m.; fare 
$1.00, including admission to the grounds. 

For Alexandria, Steamer leaves foot of 7th St. every hour during the day, 
Sundays included. 

For All Rii'er Landings, Steamers leave 7th St. wharf every day (Sundays 
included) at 7 o'clock a. m. 

For Xorjolk, Fortress Monroe aiul the South, Steamers leave e\ery day 
(Sundays excepted) at 5.30 p. m., from 7th St. wharf. 

{Continued on page 87. j 
S 



^H^lm^intt ; 



|al iu Jtn jrnii 'f out b fin %i 



ijr(f EORGE WASHINGTON, First President of the United States, on 

*"RTJuly i6, 1790, approved the act of Congress establishing the permanent 
I^^^seat of Government of the U. S. on the banks of the Potomac, and by- 
proclamation of Jan. 24, 1 791, directed the Commissioners, appointed to 
superintend -the building of the city, to run the experimental lines of the 
Federal District. On March 30; a proclamation by The President defined 
the permanent lines, the corner stone of which was planted with appropriate 
ceremonies on April 15, following. The site of the city was selected by 
Washington, and the name was chosen by the Commissioners in charge of 
the affairs of the new Territory, The District was named Columbia after 
the discoverer of America. The Executive offices were removed from Phila- 
delphia, then the Capital, to Washington in Nov, 1800, and Congress met 
here in the following December. 

The City of Washington, the Capital of the United States of America, 
is situated on the left or Eastern bank of the Potomac River, at ihe conflu- 
ence of the Anacostia or Eastern branch of that stream, 106^ miles from 
the Chesapeake Bay, and 185 miles from the ocean. The latitude of Wash- 
ington (Naval Observatory) is 38*^ 53' 38" 8 N., and longitude 77° 3' 1" 
35 W. of Greenwich. The a/ra of the city is 61 ii a.; namely, looi a. ave- 
nues and streets; 150 a. pavements; 790 a. public reservations and parks, 
and 4170 a. squares occupied by residences and business places. Its govern- 
ment\% subject to the preeminent jurisdiction of Congress in matters of 
Legislation, to the President in chief executive authority, and in the de- 
tails of administration by act of 1874, to a Board of three Commissioners, 
one an officer of Engineers, U. S. A. The Federal Territory, or District 

•OF Columbia originally comprised 10 m. square. By the retrocession in 
1846 of all that portion on the west side of the Potomac, to the State of Vir- 
ginia, the area was reduced to 65 square miles. The entire D. C, as now 

• constituted, is therefore within the State of Maryland. The population in 
1880 was 177,638; the City representing 147,307. The estimated present 
population of the D. C. is 225,000, the City representing 180,000. The as- 
sessed value of real property July i, 1884, was $187,000,000; $80,000,000, 
being the valuation of public buildings and grounds. The climate, though 
subject to sudden changes in spring is exceptionally healthy, the mean win- 
ter temperature is 32°.9, and summer 78°.!. The topography comprises a 
pleasing variety of hill and dale, becoming peculiarly picturesque in the 
vicinity of the Little Falls of the Potomac, and Rock Creek. The Eastern 
;j)ortions are more open and devoted to agriculture. 



10 KEY TO THE PLAN OF WASHINGTON. 



Plan of Washington. — Before undertaking to "do" the City, it would.' 
be well for strangers to familiarize themselves with its plan. It will be seen 
by the key that W. is divided into four quarters formed by the intersection: 
at the Capitol, of North and South Capitol Streets and East Capitol Street, 
and its prolongation West, along The Mall. The quarters thus constituted 
receive the names of the points of the compass, Northeast, Southeast, North- 
west or Southwest, accord mg to their position with reference to the Capitoi. 
as a common centre. All numbered streets, which run N. and S., are deslg- 



*i^ jHairici^ o^ 



ca 




KEY TO THE TLAN OF WASHINGTOX. 

nated as East or West according to their positions with respect to the Capi- 
tol, as 1st or 2d Sts.,E. or W., as the case may be. All lettered streets 
which run E. and W. are designated as North or South, also, according to 
their positions with respect to the Capitol, as A or B St., N. or S. There- 
fore ICO Y Street may be N. E., S. E., N. W., or S. W., according to the 
direction from the Capitol. There are lOO numbers in each block or square- 
counting from the Capitol. 



WEST WASHINGTON. 



WEST WASHINGTON. 

(See Map I.) 

fi^F the suburbs of Washington, the old Maryland borough of George- 
I TOWN, now known as West Washington, is the most important. 
f)lt is separated from the Capital by Rock Creek. It lies at the head of 
^■—"'^ navigation on the Potomac River and nestled in the beautiful hills at 
the foot of the Little Falls of that stream presents a picturesque appearance. 
Its population in 1880 was 12,578. This is made the initial ox starting point 
of this complete tour of the magnificient governing City of the Nation. 

In order to reach Washington the tourist, having visited the places of 
interest in this portion of West Washington, (Geo't'n), including the Post- 
office and Custom House, a granite edifice, may take the horse cars of the 
Washington and Georgetmvn R. R., which start at High (32) St., \V., and 
Ihence proceed E. on Bridge (M) St. 

Should the tourist desire to visit the Boat Houses, he will not take the cars, 
at this point, but proceed by High (32d) St., crossing the Chesapeake and 
Ohio canal by a stone bridge, and passing the Grace P. E. Ch. on the 1., to 
the fine Boat Houses of the Columbia and one square W , of the Poto- 
mac Boat Clubs. The janitor will show visitors through the buildings, which 
are complete in all their appointments and well worthy of a visit by persons 
interested in aquatic sports. The Analostan Boat House may be seen fur- 
ther down the river shore. Just above in the Potomac channel, is the "finish"" 
of the National Boat Course. 

From the Columbia and Potomac Boat Houses, the tourist would do well to 
return to Bridge (M) St., and tl ence visit the Washington Aqueduct 
Bridge, by proceeding along Bridge to Green (29th) St., to the Fountain, 
where he will leave the line of the car track and by a direct and short course 
reach the point desired. This symmetrical structure spans Rock Creek and 
carries the water supply of Washington over that stream from the great mains 
on the West Washington side, through two 48 in. iron pipes to the Washing- 
ton side, the pipes forming an arch of 290 ft. span which supports a road- 
way and connects Washington and West Washington. At the foot of the W 
abutment are the pumping engines used for supplying the High Service 
Reservoir. (See Map XVII) This may be visited by permission obtained 
at the Aqueduct office, at the W. end of the bridge. 

The view from this bridge overlooks the terminal locks and basins of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Wharves and Potomac River; and 
the narrow and deep ravine through which Rock Creek finds its way from 
the picturesque hills of the interior, to the Potomac. The iron truss 
bridge near by connects M with Bridge (M) St., n. \v., and is used by the 
W. & G. line of street cars. A short walk along Pa. Ave. will bring the 
tourist back to the line of car.s. 

Street Car Route.— West Washington to Washington Statue. 
Should the tourist not desire to specially visit the objects of interest men- 
tioned, he will take the street cars at any point on Bridge (M) St., and in 
crossing Rock Creek, view the Washington Aqiiedtict and Bridge on Uie S. 
from the cars. The same view of the valley of the stream will also be had, 
looking N. or S. 



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WEST WASHINGTON, (GEORGETOWN. 



I.— WEST WASHINGTON, (GEORGETOWN.) 

Continued on Map XVII. 




Points of Interest. —Washington Aqueduct and Pumping Engine; 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, I^ocks and Basin ; Columbia, Potomac, and 
Analostan Boat Club Houses; Potomac River and Rock Creek. 

WASHINGTON. 

(Sec Map on page 14.) 

After crushing the bridge we enter Washington, and following E. along M 
St., N. turn S. into 26th St., W. and thence K. into Pa. Ave 

At 25th St., W. on the N. side fronting on L St., at its intersection with 
Pa. Ave., is the Columbia Hositial for Women, and Dispensary, (visiting 
days, Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.,) boih supported by the 
Government. On the S. side i; .S7. Shphen^- R. C. C/iuir/t, a fine structure. 



WASHINGTON STATUE— NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 



13 



After passing 24th St. we reach Washington' Circle and Statue. 

Here the tourist may leave the cars to 
take a view of the colossal Eques- 
trian Statue of General George 
Washington, by Clark Mills, ordered 
in 1853, and cost $50,000. On the 
S. W. of this circle is the Si. Ann's 
Infant Asylmn, R. C. Visitors are 
admit ed Thursdays only, from 2 to 5 
p. m. The small gothic church on 
' St., S. of the circle is Si. PauVs 
P. E. 

The tourist at Washington Circle 
has the option of returning to the cars 
and continuing along Pa. Ave. to the 
group of points of interest in the 
vicinity of the Executive Mansion, or 
by a short detour afoot, can visit the 
^Analostan Boat House and Naval 

3 mill's WASHINGTON... ..OBSERVATORY. 

Car Route, Washington Circle to the Executive Mansion and 
Vicinity. Should the tourist not desirfc to v^sit the Observatory, he can return 
to the cars^ and proceed along Pa. Ave. to 17th St., where. he should again 
alight in order to view the many places of interest at this point. On the way 
at 2ist and ig^h Sts , will be seen four trianglar spaces which add so much 
to the attractions of different parts of the city, formed by the intersections of 
streets with avenues, and beautified with fountains trees, shrubs and 
plants. 

At 1 8th St. \kiQ one-hone cars (fare 3 cts. ) start and run to the "House" wing of 
the Capitol. 





u. s. naval observatory. 

Detour. — Route, via. the Naval Observatory to the Executive 

Mansion and Vicinity. — To reach these points from the Washington Statue, 

the tourist has the choice of two routes, one by the Analostan Boat House 

by direct course by New Hampshire Ave., where may be seen the historic 



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WASHINGTON STATUE— NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 



II.— WEST CITY. 

Ccnitinticd cni Map XVI. 




Points of Interest. — Columbia Hospital for Women and Dispensary 
Statue of Washington, and U. S. Naval Observatory. 



U. S NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 



»5^ 



barge us,ed in patrolling tlae Potomac at the out-break of the Rebellion^ 
i86i-'5, and thence by E St. to the Observatory by 23d St. Arriving at the 
gate, enter the Observatory grounds and proceed to the N. door, or main 
entrance (open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.) of the main building, and touch the 
electric bell. The first building reached on the E. is the Residence of the 
Superintendent^ not open to the public. The messenger in the main building 
will make the arrangements to see the many objects of interest in the prac- 
tical workings of the science of astronomy. 

With the aid of the accompanying Diagram the visitor will better under- 
stand the explanations 



I. Pier of brick 12' m 
diameter and 28' high which 
supports the smaller equa- 
torial. The •* Meridian of 
Washington" passes through 
the centre of this dome. The 
Time -ball is dropped every 
day at 12 M. fiom the mast 
and simultaneously the time 
is transmitted to all parts of 
the U. S. 

II. Office of the Superin- 
tendent. Ill and IV. Offi- 
ces. V. Packing Room. 
VI. Room of the Mural Cir- 
cle and Transit. 

VII. Chronometer Room 




m which chronometers are 
kept and rated for the use of 
the Navy, and from which 
the standard mean-time is 
despatched to all parts of the 
U. S.. in connection with 
the time-ball on the smaller 
dome. 

VIII. Library containing 
13,000 volumns relating to 
Astronomy and kindred sci- 
ences. 

IX. Standard Sidereal 
Clock. X. Transit Circle. 

XI. Prime Vertical Transit. 

XII. Machine Shop. XIII. 
Room of Officer in charge ofT 







GROUND PLAN OF THE NAVAI. OBSERVATORY. 

the great Equatorial. XIV. Sleeping apartments of the same. XV. The 
great Equatorial. Object Glass. 26". This is one of the largest telescopes 
of the kind in the world. It cost $47,000. The dome is 41' in diameter and 
40' high. The instrument is run by a reaction water-wheel. 

XVI, Residence of the Superintendent. The rooms on the second fl. of 
the main building are used liy officers and professors in charge of instruments.. 



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THE EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTS. 



III.— EXECUTIVE MANSION AND VICINITY. 

Cojitinued on Map XV. 




Points of Interest. — The Executive Mansion, the Departments of 
State, Treasury, War, Navy and Justice, Corcoran Galllery of Art, Signal 
'Office, Ordnance Museum, Museum of Hygiene, Jackson and Rawlins 
Statues, St. John's Church, P. E., Columbian University, St. Matthew's 
"Church, R. C., Treasury Photograpli Office, Grand Opera House and Wash- 
ington Light Infantry Armory, U. S. Fish Ponds and Washington Obelisk. 



RAWLINS STATUE— DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 17- 



vSouth of the Observatory a view may be had of the Potomac Marshes 
bein^ reclaimed by the (Government at a vast expense. At the foot of th^ 
hill the English General Braddock, landed his troops preparatory to his march 
from Alexandria Va., to the fatal banks of the Monongahela in 1755. 

The other points of general interest within the bounds of map ii, will be 
ascertained by reference to the map itself. Persons interested in school 
architecture, will find the Analostan Public School House, on G bet. 21st and 
22d Sts., worthy of a visit. The Churches are fine structures, but possess 
no striking architectural attractions. The Western Market House, on K and 
2 1 St Sts., is a spacious structure well designed for the purpose. 



After reaching the street from the Observatory, the tourist should proceed 
along E St. (see map III,) to Rawlins Statue and Square at the intersection. 
of E St. with New York Avfe., and an easy 10 minutes walk. 

t Bailey's bronze Statue of Gen. Johx 

A. Rawlins, Gen. Grant's Chief of Staff and 
Secretary of War, was erected by Congress 
in 1873, at a cost of $10,000. 
From Rawlins Square the tourist will pur- 
sue his way along N. Y. Ave., but a step 
further to 17th St , W., opposite the S» 
pavilion of the magnificent building occupied 
by the Departments of State, War and Navy. 
From this point a fine view may be had of 
the S. and W. facades, the latter now under 
construction. The building occupied by the 
Departments of State, War and Navy, 
is one of the largest as well as finest 
public edifices in the world- It measures 
528' from N. to S., and 292' from E. to \V., 
and to the top of the highest point of the 
roof is 143', embracing a sub-basement, 
bailey's RAWLINS. basement and 4 stories in the N. and S. and 

5 stories in the E. and W. pavilions. The basement is of Maine and the 
superstructure of Virginia gi-anite, it was designed and commenced by A. B. 
MuUett, supervising architect of the Treasury, and continued by Gen. E. O. 
Babcock and Col. T. L. Casey, U. S. Engineers. The building, S. wing, 
was commenced in 1871, and the W. and centre wings, thus completing the 
structure, will be finished in 1888. Total cost $10, 405, 850. 

Those who continued by the street cars from the Washington statue instead 
of making the detour by way of the Naval Observatory and Rawlins statue, 
should leave the cars at 1 7th St. and Pa. Ave., in order to view the many 
places of interest within convenient distance of the Executive Mansion, 
From this point may be had a fine view of the N. fagade of the State, War 
aud Navy building. 

From either point of reaching 1 7th St. , the tourist should proceed to the 
Winder's Building, on the n. w. cor. of E and 17th St:.., in order to see 
the interesting collection of implements and accoutrements of war found 
in the Ordnance Museum, (open from 9 a. m. to 4 p- m.,) Enter by the 
main door on 17th St., ascend the stairs directly opposite to the 2d fl., turiv 



mZ 



ORDNANCE MUSEUM— DEPARTMENT OF STATE 



to the r. and proceed to No. 49 at the end of the S. corridor. The custodian of 
the Museum will point out objects of interest. 

In the office of the chief clerk of the Judge Advocate General of the U. S. A., 
in the s. e. cor. of the 2d fl. of the same building is an interesting collection 
of re/ics of the assassination of President Lincoln, including the pistol which 
the assassin used on that occasion. 

Returning to the street, those interested in Copper and Steel Plate Printing, 
before entering the building ot the Department of State, may visit the 
Draughtsmen's, P^ngraver's and Printer's Division of the U. S. Hydrographic 
Office of the Navy, (open from 9 a, m. to 4 p. m.,) in the small building on 
the n. w. cor. of 17th St. and N. V. Ave. The tourist should now cross 17th 
St. and enter the State Department, which occupies the S. wing by the W. 
basement door. Visitors are admitted from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. except on Thurs- 
days, which is diplomatic day. 




STATE, WAR AND NAVY BUILDING. 

From the entrance proceed along the corridor to the Elci'alor on the left 
about midway, and request to be taken to the Library, which is on the 3d fl. 
Here may be seen Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of 
Independence, the desk upon which it was written, and the original engrossed 
and signed copy ; a case of historic relics, including Washington's war sword 
and other objects of interest. The volumes number 40,000. 

From the Library descend to the floor below to visit the Diplomatic Re- 
ception Room (Nos. 4 and 6,) which may be seen by inquiring of the mes- 
senger on the corridor. This apartment is not only richly finished and 
furnished, but contains fine portraits of Secretaries Jefferson, Webster, 
Seward, Washburn, Fish, Evarts and Blaine; also of Lord Ashburton. 
Leaving this room, visit the Diplomatic Ante-Room at the W. end of the 
corridor. Persons desiring to see the office of the Secretary of State should 
make the fact known to the messenger at the door and if not occupied he is 
at liberty to open the room. Should the Secretary be in and not engaged, a 
card " to pay respects " sent by the messenger would receive attention. In 
the ante-room at the E. end of the corridor is 2. gallery of all the Secretaries 
of State from 1 789 to date. 



DEPARTMENTS OF NAVY AND WAR. 



19 



The floors below are of no special interest, being occupied by administra- 
tive Bureaus of the Department. The treaties with foreign powers are not 

■^'^Flomlhe ante-room the tourist should pass into the corridor of the E. 
■ ^.Vr. S uin<T occuoied by the Department of the Navy. The 
XI of the Secrtta%Tti;"Nav'y (Nos. 97 and 98,) is on the E. side, op- 
■^S^itc the central stair cases, which should be examined as they are beauti- 
S features of the ]>uilding. They extend from the basement o the attic 
The balusters 106 in number, ar'e of bronze, and the hand-rad of Centra 
Imerica^i Mahoaany. The office of the Secretary may be viewed, if not 
:t?uDiec by speaking to the messenger at the door, fo meet the Secretary 
a card marked - to pay respects " will receive attention if that officer be not 
l^I^ed This room I beautifully finished and contains soine fine portrai s 
:?le?eral of Sie later Secretaries,'and models of crmsers. The Secretary s 

^•^FrfmteVeSy" office return to the elevator .n^ ask to be taken to the 
Library which is on the fourth floor. The entrance is a few steps N. of 
iie ekvaJoTknding. This is the finest room in this wing. The walls are 
lanelecrn foreign and domestic marbles. In the four corners of the room 
are masive bronze symbolic figures combined with chandaliers A gallery 
^Z^ i^oU ^-^^^-e^^ll^e^ra^f^d 
^^^.^r'^iJ^^lo.^^ the «;^ -^- 

"•g \ amined. From the roof 

.sn^L ^=^^ of the building at this 

point a fine vie^o of the 
city may be had. The 
key may be obtained at 
the office of the Supt. of 
the Building, No. 108, 
floor below. 

The other floors of 
this wing are occupied 
by the administrative 
Bureaus of the Depart- 
ment. 

From the Library of 
the Navy Department 
decend one floor an i 
thence follow the cor- 
ridor towards the N. At 
the transverse corridor 
Ave enter the N. wing or 

CORCORAN GALLERV OF ART. DEPARTMENT OF WaR. 

The Library 16 000 vols., may be entered at No. 69. Thence take the 
. J':.';^r st'ah^^ays :nd descend t'o the second, or floor below H^^ew, 
be found the magnificent .////.' of apartments (Nos. 50 to 53. ^1^^^^^^^^^^^ 
./rr^rincludinlhis office, (52,) the conference i-oom, (5o») his prwa^e sec 
retarv's office (u,) and the Secretary's Library, (53) >« t^iese 100ms wi 11 
be folnd a completi and interesting collection of /../;v»/. of the Secretaries 




20 



U. S. SIGNAL OFFICE— MUSEUM OF HYGIENE. 



of War and of distinguished generals. Admission to these apartments if not 
occupied, may be obtained by speaking to the messenger at the Secretary's 
door. To meet the Secretary " to pay respects," a card to that effect should 
be handed in. Visitors should not omit seeing these rooms and the gallery 
of portraits. 

In the room of the Chief Clerk (55) is an interesting collection of 12 paintings, 
by Walker, representing the march of the American Army to the city of 
Mexico. 

From this floor descend by the nearest E stairway to the floor (first) 
below. Here are the Headquarters of the Army. The General receives 
by card from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. if not officially engaged. By permission of 
an aide, (Nos. 36 or 37,) by card by an orderly at the door, visitors may 
view the rooms and their many objects of interest, including paintings of 
many distinguished military heroes, a collection of pictures of Commanding; 
Generals of the Army, paintings of scenes on the frontiers, and India ink 
sketches of camp life during the Rebellion, i86i-'5. 




executive mansion— south front. 

During his journey through the building the tourist will noi have failed to 
notice its richness and durability. The n^oms opening into the corridors are 
occupied bv officials and their subordinates. 

P'rom the head quarters of the Army the tourist may now leave the 
building by the N. or main door, which opens upon abroad portico from which 
he descends to a tessahted platform. Here a fine view of the X. facade 
may be had. 

The most direct course, however, would be to descend from the he d quir- 
ters of the Army to the basement floor and thence leave the building by the 
W. door, and thence cross 17th and enter G St. A few steps along the 
latter street will bring him to the U. S. Signal Office. Admission can 
only be had from 12 m. to 3 p. ni. It would be well therefore for the tourist 
to adapt his movements in this part of the city to these hours. Hcre^ the 
weather reports are compiled and probabilities formulated and issued. Enter 



CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. 



21 



by door No. 1719 and ascend directly to the Afeteorological Obsej-vatojy oniYie 
4th fl. Here may be inspected the instruments used in taking the conditions 
of the atmosphere. One block beyond (s, e. cor. i8th and G sts., n. w.) is 
the building occupied by the Naval Museum of Hygiene, and where may 
be seen an interesting collection of apphances, &c., to promote the sanitary 
conditions of cities and private establishments. 

Returning to 1 7th st. and crossing Pa. Ave. to the n. e. cor., we reach the 
Corcoran Gallery of Art. This building was erected by W. W. Cor- 
coran for the purposes of a Gallery of Art in 1859, but was used by the Gov- 
ernment i86i-'9. In the latter year it was deeded to trustees by the donor 
for the purposes stated. The endowment fund is $900,000. The architec- 
tural details of the building, which cosl $250,000, are attractive. On the Pa. 
Ave. front are 4 niches containing marble statues, by M. Ezekiel, represen- 
ting, beginning at the E., Durer (engraving), Raphael (painting), Phidias) 
(sculpture^ and Angelo (architecture). In the 7 niches on 17th st. are 
statues of the great masters of painting and sculpture by the same sculptor, 
beginning on the S. of Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Crawford, Canova, 
]Murillo and DaVinci. The ?nain entrance is on Pa. Ave. The Gallery is 
open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, admission 25c.; and Tuesdays, 
Thursdays, and Saturdays, free. Hours : 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. from October 
to May; and 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. from May to October. 



diagrAxM of floors 
_l LJ l—J L_l L^ 



CORCORAN GALLERY. 



IV 



D D 



m d 

□ 'D 



a. ^ 




n 



? 



V I 



VI 



rn 



.JlJA. 



vn ^ ^ 
ri f I— 




First Floor. Second Floor. 

First Floor.— \. Vestibule containing Bas Reliefs Busts of Roman and 
Greek celebrities, last days of Napoleon and other objects. 

II. Trustee's Room. III. Hall of Bronzes and Ceramics. IV. Hall of 
Antique Sculpture. V. Hall of Modern Sculpture. VI. Gallery of the 
Renaissance. VII. Ladies' Retiring Room. VIII. Janitor's Room. 

Second Floor.— Yi^SS. and Stairway.— Statuary. X. Main Picture Gallery 
containing the main collection. XL East Gallery— American portraits. 
XII. Southeast Gallery— Statuary and Paintings. XIII. Octagon Room.— 
Here is Power's Greek Slave (original). XIV. Southwest Gallery— Paintings. 
XV. West Gallery-Paintings. 



22 



JACKSON STATUE.— THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



One sq. N. on ihe s. w. cor, of 17th and 11 sts., n. w., is the magnificent 
building of the Metropolitan Cliis, the chief . social organization of the 
capital. Strangers may be introduced to the hospitalities of the club through 
one of its members. Diagonally opposite are the Richmond Flats. 

From the Corcoran Gallery of Art 
a few minutes walk E. will bring 
the tourist to Lafayette Square, 
in the centre of which is Clark Mills' 
Bronze Statue of ANDREW JACK- 
SON, unveiled in 1853, cost $50,000. 
The church on the N. of the sq.; 
n. e. cor. i6th and H sts., n. w., is 
St. John's, P. E., one of the his- 
toric ecclesiastical structures of the 
city. Among its members have been 
Presidents Madison, Jackson and 
Arthur; Secretaries of State Fish, 
Frelinghuysen, Evarts, and other 
distinguished personages. On the 
E. side. No. 23 15^ st., facing this 
sq., is the house occupied by thet^ 
Cosmos Cluk, composed of special- 
ists or persons interested in science, 
literature, or art. Strangers in the city will l)e shown through the building 
during the day by the janitor, and those coming within the range indicated 
may be introduced to the hospitalities of the club by one of its members. 

Returning to Pa. Ave. by*the main gate and crossing the Ave., enter the 
President's grounds and proceed to the Executive Mansion, open from 




MILLS JACKSON 




ms^J^^^v-^,.,"^ 



EXECUTIVE MANSION — NORTH FRONT. 

10 a. m. to 3 p. m. on week days, unless a State ceremony be pending On 
the w^ay on the r. may be had a fine view of the imposing Eastern facade of 
the State, War and Navy building, and on the 1. the Treasury building. The 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



23 



Executive Mansion is of the Ionic order, is lyo'xSb', two stories high, 
built of Aquia Creek (Potomac) free stone, painted white. It was the first 
public building commenced in the city, in 1792, immediatey after the plan 
was plotted on the ground. The Consavatorics (No. i on the map,) adjoin 
the building on the W. The total cost, including repairs in 181 5-' 18 to date, 
was $1,640,000. The East Room is open to visitors, but the suite of parlors 
can only be seen when not in use, through the courtesey of the ushers, to 
whom the request should be made. The rest of this floor is private. Those 
who wish to "pay their respects" to the President can do so by arriving 
shortly before 12 o'clock on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and 
proceeding to the ante-room (No. 8 on the diagran) on the 2d floor, and 
handing a card marked " to pay respects " to the person in charge. 

The Diagrams will locate and designate the apartments in the building. 




First Floor, Execntive Mansion. 

First Floor. — I. Main Entrance and Vestibule. 2. Ofiicial Stairway. 3. 
The East Room. This is the promenading hall during entertainments. 
It is 8o'x4o' and 22' high, decorated in Greek style, and during evening 
levees presents a fine appearance. There is a fine portrait of General Wash- 
ington, the original purchased was a Gilbert Stuart, but was stolen by the artist 
employed to touch it up and was taken by him to England and sold. There 
is also a portrait of Mrs. Washington. The dress is an authentic copy of the 
costume of the time, made in Paris for a lady of wealth, to be worn at the 
Martha Washington Centennial tea-party at Philadelphia, in the year 1876. 
4. Green Room, containing portraits of Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Polk, and Mrs. 
Hayes, the wives of former Presidents. 5. Blue Room where the President 
or his lady receives on ceremonial or social occasions. 6. Red Room, the 
private or family parlor. 7. State Dining Room. 8. Passage-way to the 
Conservatories. 9. Butler's Pantry. 10. Private or Family Dining Room. 
II. Private Stairway. 12. Waiting Room for social callers. 13. Elevator. 
14. Grand Corridor. Here may be seen an interesting gallery of portraits 
of the Presidents. 



24 THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



The following Diagram of the second floor exhibits the arrangement of the- 
official and family apartments. 




Second Floor , Exectitive Alansion. 

Secmid Floor. — The second floor is arranged: i. Ofiicial Stairway. 2.. 
Ante-room to President's Office. 3. Cabinet Room. Here the Cabinet 
meets at 12 m. Tuesdays and Fridays. 4. Private Secretary's Room. 5. 
Executive Clerk's and Record Room. 6. Public Corridor. 7. Office. 8. 
Ante-room. Here persons desiring to pay their respects to the President 
should enter, hand their cards to the person in charge and be seated. If they 
can be received they will be informed of the fact and receive the necessary 
directions from the usher. 9. — 10. Chambers. 11. Blue or State Bed 
Chamber. 12. Elevator and Bath Room. 13. President's Bed Chamber. 
14. Private Office of the President. 15. Private Corridor. 16 and 17 Cham- 
bers; the latter was occupied by President Garfield during his surgical treat- 
ment after his assassination. 18. State Bed Chamber. 19. Library. Here 
the President usually receives visitors to pay respects. There are here some 
fine portraits of Presidents. 

The Conservatories are open to guests during Levees or "Drawing Rooms." 
The Executive Mansion is now entirely inadequate to the demands of the 
social and official surroundings of the President. It is proposed to retain- 
this building for the Executive Office, and to erect a suitable Executive Resi- 
dence on the Northern borders of the city. 

From the Executive Mansion the tourist should proceed to the W. main 
gate on Pa. Ave., and thence to the Department of Justice. This build- 
ing was erected by the Freedman's Savings and Trust Co.; was rented in 
1871 and purchased by the U. S. in 1882, for $250,000. It is of Potomac 
Seneca stone, 4 stories high. 

The Department, open from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m., occupies the second and 
upper stories. The Entrance is at the W. end of the S. front. The Eleva- 
tor may be reached by the temporary passage W. of the main entrance. The 
suite of apartments occupied by the Attorney-General cox\^\%\.i of the Attorney - 
General's office in the s. e. cor. 2d fl., and ranging N., the Private Secretary's 
Room, Parlor and Ante-Room. These rooms are tastefully furnished and 
contain a Gallery of Portraits of the Attorneys-General of the U. S. from the 



DEPATMENT OF JUSTICE. 



25 



I 



foundation of the Government. Permission to view these may be obtained 
through the messenger at the Attorney-General's office. A card ** to pay re- 
spects," handed in through the messenger before 12 m. will receive attention 
if the Attorney-General be at liberty. There is a.ho a. fine Lid^ary, 18,000 
•vols., on the 4th fl., which will be explained by the Librarian in charge. 

Returning to the Ave. 
the rooms of the Court 
OF Claims, open from 
-9 a. m. to 4 p. m., may 
be entered at door No. 
1509. There is a fine 
Court Room reached 
through the bailift's 
room. Sessions of the 
Court are held from the' 
first Monday in Dec. to: 
May or June. 

From the building of J 
the Dep. of Justice the^ 
tourist should recross Pa.; 
Ave.and enter theTREAS-: 
URY Build'g, open from; 
■9 a. m. to 2 p. m., by 
the N. entrance. This; 
immense edifice, consist-; 
ing of a basement, two 
stories and attic, occu- 
pies a paralellogram 
5io'x28i' including por- 
ticoes. The E. fa9ade 
including the colonnade, 
or the original portions 
of the building, erected 
1 836- '43, is of Virginia 
h-ee-stone, and the re- 
maining fa9ades erected 
i855-'69, are of Maine 
/granite. The Colonnade 
on the E. consists of 30 
Ionic columns. The col- 
umns in other portions of the building are granite and monolithic, 313^' high. 
The building cost $6,000,000. Immediately N. of the building is a fountain 
formed of an immense granite vase, the tassa of which 12' in diameter, was 
cut from a single block of grani'e. 

After entering the building the first point of interest is the U. S. Treasury 
or Cash Room on the N. corridor of the main floor. This is a fine room ex- 
tending through two stories, with a bronze balustrade, and panelled in foreign 
^nd domestic marbles. In this room all cash disbursements or payment of 
•drafts on the Treasury are made. There is a vault for current monies of the 
17. S. containing from thirty to a hundred million dollars at a time, at the 
JE. end of the room ; this is not open to the general public. Returning to 

3 




THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 



26 



DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. 



the corridor, a permit may be obtained from the U. S. Treasurer, in Room 98,, 
E. end of the corridor, to visit the vault, Room no, containing the securities 
of National Banks. Also obtain permission at the same time to visit the 
Redemption Di7'isi0n in the basement. The messenger escorting parties to 
the vaults will also direct them to the entrance, which is in the basement, 
directly beneath the U. S. Treasurer's office. Here may be seen the count- 
ing, ])y ladies, of notes sent to the Treasury for redemption, and the cancel- 
lation and destruction of the same. While in these apartments the Silver 
vaults of the Treasury will be shown. Here is constantly stored from 50 to 
100 tons of silver. 

From the Redemption Division proceed to the W. corridor near the S. end 
of which is the Oj^ce of the Supo vising Archittct of the Ireasitry. Here may 
be seen highly executed drawings of elevations and plans of the Public Build- 
ings erected by the U. S., peculiarly interesting to architects and civil engin- 
eers. The Chief Clerk (Room t^t^) will give the necessary permit to special- 
ists, or others interested, to visit the Draughting Room. Continuing into 
the S. corridor, take that corridor to the Elevator, S. end of the E. corridor.. 
and ask to be taken to the Secretary's (2d) floor. 




^^^^5S^^^^^^ 



DEI'ART-ME.X 1 OF I HE I RKASIRY. 

This suite of apartments is in the s. e. cor. of the building. In the adjacent 
S. corridor, and in the offices of the Secretary (3), and Assistants (7 and 9). 
and Chief Clerk (5), are the Portraits of the Secretaries of the Treasury. 
The messenger can arrange to view this gallery; also '' to pay respects '" to 
the Secretary. At the centre of the N. corridor, reached by tlie K. or W. 
corridors is the door to the Gallery of the Cash Room frcnn wliich an excel- 
lent view of this apartment may be had. On tlie W. corridor on the floor 
above (Room. 35) are the quarters of the SECRET Service Division of the 
Treasury, in which may be seen an interesting collecticm of imjilements 
iised by counterfeiters, and photographs, or a '* Rogues Gallery '" of noted 
characters in this line. The Jreasury Library, 15,000 vols., may be reached 
by the stairway from this floor in the n. w. cor. of the attic story. The 
Librarian will explain the features of interest. Returning to the 3d fl. take 
the E. corridor to the S. end, and thence by the ^/^r^i/t'r descend to the ist 
fl., thence take the S. corridor to the S. main entrance and portico. Leave 



FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE CAPITOL. 



27 



the building at this point. From this portico a fine view may be had of Pa. 
Ave. and the Capitol in the distance. 

The small Germanized-Swiss building directly S. is the Photograph 
Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, open to speciaHsts or 
others interested, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Pinter by the E, door in the N. 
front and ascend to the operating room on the 2d floor. Here may be seen 
the printing from paper photographic negatives of elevations, and working 
plans of public buildings being erected by the U S. 

After leaving this building proceed to 15th St. and Pa. Ave., on the s. e. 
cor. of which (B on Map III) is the office of the Quartermaster-General, 
U. S. A. Immediately S. on 15th St. is the Grand Opera House and Armory 
of the Washington Light Infantry, erected in 1884. 




BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, (SEE PAGE 33.) 

At this point the tourist has a choice of routes, one directly to the Capitol 
by street car, via. Pa. Ave., and the other by a detour to the U. S. Fish 
Ponds, Washington Obehsk, and points along The Mall, including the Pro- 
pagating Garden, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of Agri- 
culture, Industrial Hall, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, and 
Central Station U. S. Fish Commission. The tourist who desires to see the 
city in detail, should take the detour route. 

Car Route from 17TH St., W. to the Cai'IOL.— On this route the tourist 
can take the one-horse cars going E. (Fare 3 cts.) Persons who do not wish 
to visit the points above-named, or who prefer to visit the Capitol first and 
to take the other points in this section of the city in detail, after finishing the 
Treasury Building, can take the Pa. Ave. street cars at 15th St. and Pa. Ave. 

From 17th St. the cars continue E., passing in succession the Corcoran 
Gallery of Art, Lafayette Square, Jackson Statue, and the Department ot 
Justice on the N., and the State, War and Navy Building, Executive Man- 



28 



FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE CAPITOL. 



sioh, and Treasury Building on the S. At 15th St. the cars turn S., at this 
point also making connections with the i^th St. Branch of the same line. — 
Exchange tickets given. The horse cars of the Columbia /^. J^. also start 
here, running E to the Governmeni Printing Office and boundary. 

After passing the Riggs House on the E. and the Colonnade of the Treasury 
Building on the W., the cars again turn E. into the broad sweep of Pa. Ave., 
with the vast architectural mass of the Capitol rising in the distance. On the 
S. side is the Quartermaster- General's Office, and on 15th St , further S. the 
Grand Opera House and Washington Light Infantry Armory. On the N. 
side of the Ave. at 14th St. is Willard's Hotel At 14th St. the line crosses 
the track of the Capityl, Xorlh O and South Washhigton R. R., or '* Belt 
Line." From this point, S. side of the Ave. on 14th St., a branch line begins 
and passing near the Washington Obelisk, ends at the Bureau of Engra\'ing 
and Printing, (Fare 2 cts). 




THE MALL, (SEE PAGE 33,) 

Continuing along Pa. Ave., just beyond 14th St. on the N., facing the 
triangular park, is the National Theatre. At 13th St. W., the large building 
on the S. is occupied by a branch of the Pension Office, (rented). This 
Street also leads to the Agricultural (irounds and Department, main entrance 
10 minutes walk. At 12th St., W. (n. e. cor.) is the main Pension Office. 
At loth St., 10 minutes' walk S , are the Smithsonian Institution and Park. 
A few minutes' walk on loth St. N. of Pa. Ave., is the Medical Museum, 
formerly Ford's Theatre, where President Lincoln was shot, and opposite is 
the house in which he died. 

At 9th St. the line crosses the 9/// Street Branch of the Metropolitan R. R. 
Near by on 9th St., S. of Pa. Ave. is Ford's Opera House, and a short dis- 
tance N. of the Ave., on the E. side is Lincoln Hall. After leaving 9th St., 
the horse cars pass the Central Market on the S. with its park in front. 
Looking N. on 8th St., may be seen the massive S. portico of the Patent 
Office. 



WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



29 



At 7th St., exchange 
tickets are given on the 
1th Street Branch of this 
line, going S. to the Mt. 
Vernon, Alexandria Ferry 
and other Steamers, and 
Washington Barracks, and 
N. to Boundary, and a 
branch line for Scheulzen 
Park, and Soldiers' Home. 
On the n. e. cor. is the pub- 
lic Water Fountain, a pa- 
vilion of granite with 
bronze dolphin water 
spouts, the whole costing 
$5,000, presented ^to the 
city by Dr. Henry D. 
Cogswell, of San Fran- ^■.■ 
Cisco, Cal. On La. Ave., ^^ 
a short distance E., is the ^^ 
City Post-Office. Leaving ^K 
7th St., the St. Marc and " " 
Metropolitan Hotels are 
on the X. ^^^ 

On 6th St., one square la? 
S. of Pa. Ave., is the fine , ;j 
gothic station of the Bal- ^^ 
timore and Potomac Rail- ^^= 
road, whc-e President 



Garfield was shot. On the N. 
side of the Ave. is the National 
and on the S. the St. James 
Hotels. On 4>^ St., a short 
distance N. of the Ave. is the 
Metropolitan M. E. Church, a 
fine brown stone structure, 
with a tall, slender spire, and 
just beyond is the First Pres- 
byterian Church. At the head 
of the street are the U. S. 
Court House and the Lincoln 
Column. At 3d St. on the S. 
side begins the Botanic Gar- 
den with an entrance on 3d St. 
The celebrated Bartholdi Foun- 
tain is visible from the street 

j|g cars about the centre of the 

;^ garden. 

=^^ At 1st St. is the Naval Mon- 

^ nment, or Monument of Peace. 

^^ At this point a Branch of the 
W. and G. R. R., (exchange 

^-^ tickets given,) leaves the main 

siS line and extends N. to tl e B. 

:^ and O. R. R. The W. and G. 

=|p? R. R. here intersects the Capi- 

;M| tol, N. O St., and S. Wash- 
" ington R. R. or "Belt Line," 




WASHINGTON OBELISK, (SEE PAGE 3I.) 



30 



MONUMENT PARK AND THE MALL. 



traversing the heart of the city. Here the W. and G. line turns S. into 1st 
St., W., and in passing affords a fine view of the lawn of the Capitol Park, 
statue of John Marshall, the "Western fafade of the Capitol, and the 
Botanic Garden and the main entrance. 

At jNId. Ave. the *' Belt Line" turns into that Ave., while the W. and G. 
R. R. continues to B St., where it turns E. and ascends Capitol Hill. On 
the n. w. cor. of B and 
1st Sts., s. w., is Israel 
M.E. Church,(colored,) 
and on the s. e. cor. the 
residences of employes 
Car House and Stables 
of the W. and G. R. R. 
The cars here run along 
the S. border of the 
Capitol park, presenting 
a fine view of the S. 
front of the building. 
The low Stone Tower 
in the shrubbery is the 
mouth of the ventilating 
tunnel of the "House" 
wing of the Capitol. 

At the top of the hill, 
N. J. Ave., the one- horse 
cars turn into the plateau 
of the E. park of the 
Capitol. The main line 
continues to the Navy 
.Yard. The large brick 
building on the W. side 
of N. J. Ave., S. of B 
St., S., is occupied by 
the U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey. The 
Congressional Hotel is 
on the s. e. cor At the 
terminus of this line, the 
tourist may alight and 
view the magnificent 
sweep of the E. or main 
front of the Capitol, and 
thence visit the interior 
which will be found descrilied in its proper place. 

Detour, via. Monument Park and the Mai.i..— Points of intere>t on 
the N. border of Map IH can be omitted here and visited from the line of the 
Metropolitan R. R. on the tour W. through the West-End, and N. sections 
of West Washington. The following detour must be made afoot or in a con- 
veyance. The points, however, arc not distant from each other, and follow 
consecutively, and can be best and most conveniently seen as given below. 

After leaving the Treasury Building and Photograph Office, and reaching 




U. S. FISH PONDS— WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



31 



15th St., the tourist should proceed S. entering the Presidents Grounds, op 
posite the Grand Opera House and Washington Light Infantry Armory. In 
the square S. (C on Map III,) is the rented building occupied by the Bureau 
of Statistics. 

The stroll from 15th St. to B St., N., opposite the W. entrance to the Drive, 
presents an excellent view of the S, front of the Executive Mansion and 
grounds, (see engraving on page 20.) On the lawn, (No. 2 on Map III,) 
during the Summer season, on Saturdays, from May to October the U. S. 
Marine Band performs for the public from 5.30 to 7.30 p. m. At B St., N., 
which is the S. limit of the President's Grounds, the tourist enters the 
Drive. A few steps S. on the W. is the entrance to the U. S. Fish Ponds,, 
open from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. The E., W.. N. and S. Ponds are devoted to 
the propagation of Carp, and the smaller Ponds to Golden Ide European 
Tench, and Japanese and other ornamental fish. There is also a Turtle Pond 
containing 40 varieties. The Ponds are drained annually in Autumn, when 
carp weighing from 5 to 30 pounds are taken. There is also a fine collection 
of aquatic plants in the ponds nearest the entrance. The Superintendent 
of the ponds will gladly communicate any aditional information. 




Jwa^BSi^s^sw 



ilMlfiililM 




THE CONSERVATORIES— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, (SEE PAGE 35.) 

After leaving the U. S. Fish Ponds the tourist will proceed by the drive to- 
the Washington Obelisk or National Monument. The small grey stone 
planted s, w. of the Obelisk marks the Meridian of the D. C. 

The Washington Obelisk or National Monument, (see engraving 
on page 29,) is the loftiest human construction in the world. The Shaft of 
Maryland marble is 5554" high, 55' i^" square at the base, and 34'5>^" at 
the top (500 ft. mark). The walls are 15' thick at the base, and 18" at the 
top. The work was commenced in 1848, and abandoned at 178' high in 1855^ 
In 1876 the Government took charge of the completion of the Obelisk and 
made liberal appropriations to that end. In 1878, Lieut. -Col. Thomas L^ 
Casey, U. S. Engineers in charge, and Capt. George W. Davis, 14th U. S,. 



32 



WASHINGTON OBELISK. 



IV.— 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND VICINITY. 

Continued on Map XIV. 

Infantry, assistant, were assigned 



_ Jffational 




to duty on the obelisk. In Aug. 
1884 the obeHsk reached 500', 
from which point the pyramidal 
roof began and was raised to 55', 
the cap stone beine placed in po- 

^^ sition in Nov., 1884. The inter- 
I ior is fitted with iron steps, 900 to 

^ the 500 ft. landing, and an eleva- 
tor running to the top. On the 
inner walls are the stone tablets 
or blocks contributed by the States 
and Territories of the U. S., 
Indian Nations, Foreign Govern- 
ments, Municipalities and Civic 
and Academic Organizations. 
When work by the Monument 
Society ceased, $230,000 had 
been expended and Congress has 
appropriated $900,000. Total cost 
$1,130,000. The highest structure 
in the world next to the Washing- 
ton 01:>elisk (SSSV'O is the new 
City Building, at Philadelphia, 
537'. The next is the Cathe- 
dral at Cologne, Germany, the 
spires of which have an altitude of 
524' 11". The Capitol of the U. S., 
to the top of the Statue of Freedom 
is 307'. It is proposed by the 
Society when the care of the obelisk 
is consigned to them, to run 
the elevator for the convenience 
of the public at a small fee for cost 
of running the necessary machin- 
ery and pay of engineers. The 
( Continued on page 33. ) 



"^ Points of Inrerest. — Pro- 
^ pagating Gardens, Bureau of 
>-:; P>ngraving and Printing, De- 
=i partment of Agriculture and' 
^ Grounds, Long Bridge, Engine 
S House No. 3. References: — '■ 
"■§ A. Main Pension Office. , B. 
.- Branch Pension Office. C. 
^ Depot Commissary. 



DEP'T of agriculture — BUREAU OF ENGRAVING, ETC. 33-. 



ascent by the steps will be free, but under proper regulations as to time and 
number of visitors. The grounds in the immediate vicinity of the obelisk 
will be appropriately beautified. 

From the Washington Obelisk a short walk will bring the tourist to the 
Propagating Gardens, Public Grounds. Here trees, shrubs, flowers 
and foliage plants are grown for the ornamentation of the Public Parks 
and Reservations, under the direction of an officer of the U. S. A., assigned 
to the charge of public buildings and grounds. The forcing houses, nursery 
and collection of sub-tropical plants, are interesting. 

The tourist will now continue to the Bureau of Engraving and Print- 
ing, (see engraving page 27,) which stands on B and 14th Sts., s. w., and is 
open from 9.30 to 11.45 ^' n^'» ^^^ 12.30 to 2 p. m. Application to visit the 
building piust be made to the officer of the watch, at the main entrance, who 
will assign a proper person to conduct visitors to the points of interest, and 
explain to them the interesting process of the manufacture of paper money 
and bonds. The building of brick in the Romanesque style, 22o'xi35', was 
erected in i878-'8o and cost $300,000. 

A short distance S. of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the historic 
Long Bridge, over which the National Armies marched into Virginia during 
the Rebellion, i86i-'5. The track on 14th St. is a branch of the Capitol N. O 
St. and S. W. R. R.,*or **Belt Line," from Pa. Ave. to the Bureau of En- 
graving and Printing. 

The grounds of the Department of Agriculture are artistically laid] out. 

The building of the Department of Agriculture, open from 9 a. m. 
to 4 p. m., was erected in 1868, is I70'x6i', with a basement, 3 full stories 
and. mansard roof, and cost $140,420. The main entrance is on the N. and 
the Office of the Commissioner, No. 2 on the Diagram. Those who wish 
"to pay respects," can hand in their cards by the messenger. The Diagrams 
will indicate the points of interest in the building. 




first floor, department of agriculture. 
First Floor. — A. Main Entrance. B. Main Staircase to the Museum. 
C. andD. Private Stairways, i. Statistician. 2. Office of the Commissioner 
of Agriculture. 3. Private Office of Commissioner. 4. Library, 12,000 vols. 
5. Disbursing Clerk 6. The Chief Clerk. 7. File Room. 8. Clerks. 9. 
Chemist and Mineralogical Collection. 10. Chemist's Office. 11. Labra- 
tory. 12, 13, and 14, Clerks. 



J4 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND VICINITY. 



"V.— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM 
AND VICINITY. 

Continued on Map XI I I. 




\ llF'^rfr^ |lgPo-li-l3te. 



Continued m Map VI. 
I'oiNTS OK Interest,— Henry Statue, Smithsonian Institution, National 
"Museum, U. S. Fish Commission Central Station, St. Dominic's R. C. Church, 
Jefferson School Building, Baltimore and Potomac Station, Central Market, 
Lincoln Hall, Metropolitan M. Y.. Church. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HENRY STATUE. 



35 




SECOND FLOOR, DErARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

-Stcond Floor.— X and B. Private Stairways. 15. Museum of Agriculture, 
exhibiting the agricultural productions of the U. S., and manufactures there- 
from, and samples of cereals from foreign countries. The attendant in the 
Museum Hall will explain the exhibit if requested. 16. Museum of Botany, 
<;ontaining 150,000 specimens of dried plants of North America. 17. Botan- 
ist's Room. 18. Retiring and Store Rooms. 19. Clerks. 20. Cabinet of 
Entomology, comprising a collection of insects injurious and beneficial to 
agriculture. 21. Entomologist's Private Office. 

The Stairway B leads to the 3d fl. to the Microscopic, and to the Attic to the 
Forestry and Veternary Divisions in the W. wing. The Stairway A leads 
to the Statistical Division on the 3d fl. of the E. wing. 

The points of interest (see Map IV) within the Agricultural Grounds are : 
I. Industrial Hall, containing an exhibit of the products of certain sections 
of the country, and other objects of interest. 2. Book and Seed Division, 
where the publications and seeds of the Department are packed lor distribu- 
tion. On the 2d fl. are also the Offices and Examination Rooms of the Civil 
Service Commission. 3. The Conservatories, 320^x30', which contain a 
large collection of plants of economic value. 4. Four Propagating Houses, 
viz. the Orange, Persimmon, Olive and Date Palm Houses, and two for 
miscellaneous plants. 5. The Grapery, containing the finest varieties. 6. 
Rose House. 7. Stables. 8 Experimental Garden, 



From the Agricultural Grounds the tourist will cross 12th St. (see Map V, 
page 34) and enter that portion of the Mall assigned to the Smithsonian 
Institution and lYational Mtiseum. The line of street cars on 12th St., is the 
Capitol, N. O St. and S. Washington, or "Belt Line." (From Map IV in- 
to Va. Ave. on Map V.) The first object of interest reached is Story's semi- 
heroic Bronze Statue of Prof. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution, N. of the W. wing of the Smithsonian Building. 
This Statue was erected by Congress, unveiled in 1881, and cost $15,000. 

The small brick building S., (No. i on Map V) is used by the Taxidermist. 

A short distance E. is the main entrance to the Smithsonl\n Institution 
Building, open from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. This structure, of the Norman 
Style of the 12th century, is 447'xi6o', built of Potomac Seneca stone, in 
i847-'56; cost, $450,000. The Institution was founded by James Smithson, 
of London, England, who bequeathed his estate to his nephew for life, and 



36 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



thereafter "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian 
Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge 
among men." The sum realized was $515,169. The building and main- 
tenance has been paid for out of accretions of interest, the principal remain- 
ing intact. The First Floor of the main .building contains the Exhibition of 
Birds of the National Museum, 8,000 speci- 
T:;iens. The connecting range and cloister 
on the W. contain the Alcoholic Specimens ^ 
and the Gothic Hall at the extreme W. the 
Exhibition of In7'ertcbrates. The entire E. 
wing is used by the Administrative Offices 
of the Institution, the National Museum and 
U. S. Fish Commission. On the 2d fl. of 
the main building is the collection of the 
Department of Antiquities of the National 
Museum, the finest on this hemisphere. 

The tourist will next continue his way a 
few steps towards the E. to the Romanesque 
structure occupied by the National Mus- 
eum, open from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. 
Main entrance on the N. This edifice, one 
of the best, designed for the purpose, in the 
world, is of brick, 327'x327', covers 2.35 a., 
was erected in 1879 and cost $250,000. 
Over the entrance is an allegoriccil group 
epresenting Columbia as the protectress of 
Science and Industry. This semi-heroic STORY'S henry. 

piece of sculpture was executed by Beirbel in Ohio gray free stone. The ap- 
proach to the principal entrance is from the N. by granite steps 37' wide, 
with moulded side blocks to a richly tiled platform. 





THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



37 



The Diagram will explain the arrangemenl of this interesting collection 




SCAtE OF fEET 

FLOOR PLAN OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

I. Main Entrance. 2. Main Vestibule. Here visitors may register their 
names and are required to deposit umbrellas, canes and packages, no fee 
being charged. 

3 and 6, Telephone and Telegraph Rooms. 4 and 5, Superintendent's 
Office. 7 and 10, Assistant Superintendent's Office. 9. Assorting Room. 
8. Stairway to Balcony used by the Preparator. 11. Main North Hall, de- 
voted to the historical collection representing all Nations. 

12. The Rotunda. Statuary and Fountain. The Stairroays lead to the 
Galleries for the use of visitors. 

13. Northwest Court, Pottery Collection. 14. Lecture Hall. 15. Hall- 
way to Executive Office. 16. Executive Office. 

17. Library. The 2d fl. of this pavilion is devoted to Executive Offices. 

18. Northwest Range. Materia, Medica and Food Exhibit. 



38 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION, 



19. West Hall. Ceramics, Textiles, Ethnology. 

20. 1st fl. Curator of Materia Medica. 2d fl. Curator of Ethnology. 21, 
West Entrance, closed. 

22. 1st fl. Property Clerk and Assistant Curator Department of Rocks. 
2d fl. Curator of Ethnology. 

23. Southwest Range. Department of Metallurgy. 

24. Southwest Court. At present, Assorting Room of Departments of 
Metallurgy and Rocks. 25. Machinist's Labratory. 26. Engineer and Stairs 
to Chemical Labratory. 27. Curator of Metallurgy. 

28. West South Range, Department of Rocks and Minerals. 

29. South Hall, Department of Mammals. 

30. 1st fl. Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology. 2d fl. Curator of Mam- 
mals. 31. South entrance, closed. 32. 1st fl. Office of Paleontologist. 2d 
fl. Curator of fossils. 

33. East South Range, Department of Osteology. 34. 2d fl. Curator of 
Insects, and Photographer, ist fl. In the extreme corner is Public Comfort 
Room for gentlemen. 35 and 36. Public Comfort Room for ladies. 

37. Southeast Range, Antiquities and Model of the Town of Zuni. 

38. Southeast Court, used for storage. 39. East Hall, Ethnology. 

40 and 41. 1st fl. Cafe. 2d fl. Modeler. 42. East Entrance, closed. 43 
and 44. Acting Curator of Food and Textiles, and Curator of Fish and 
Fisheries. 2d fl. Assistant Modeler. 

45. Northeast Range, Fisheries — Boats. 46. Northeast Court, Assorting 
Room. 47. East North Range, Fish — Fishing. 48. Assorting Room, Orni- 
thologist — Eggs. 

49. The Chemical Labratory of the U. S. Geological Survey. 

The Downing Vase, erected by the American Pomological Society to the 
memory of A. J. Downing who laid out these grounds, is S. of the building. 




THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



THE WHARVES OF WASHINGTON. 



39 



After leaving rhe National Museum the tourist should continue E. across 
■the park to 7th St., W., here he will reach the 7th St. Branch of the W. and 
G. R. R. extending N. to Pa. Ave. (exchange tickets given) and the Boundary, 
-and S. to the Steamer's Wharves and Washington Barracks. 

Before taking the cars he should visit, from this pomt, the U. S. Fish Coin- 
VI.-THE STEAMER AND FISH ^^^•^•^'^« Buildmg 

WHARVES. ^ ^^ ^^^ 

Contimcea on Map v. . ,' .,,. 

1 I ^ i Hi rn 1 large building on 

II II If i ^ , 1 I I the I. with the high 

towers is the Sta^ 
tion of the B. and 
P. R. R. 

In the building 
of the U. S. Fish 
CommissionsCen- 
TRAL Station, 
open from 9 a. m. 
to 4 p. m., entrance 
on 6th St., on the 
basement fl., from 
Oct. 20 to June 10, 
may be seen in 
operation the ap- 
pliances and pro- 
cesses offish hatch- 
ing, and the distri- 
bution of Carp 
from the U.S. Fish 
Ponds w^hich the 
tourist is supposed 
to have already 
visited. There are 
usually some fine 
specimens of fish 
on exhibition in 
the small tanks in 
the same room. 

Having visited 
the Central Station 
of the U. S. Fish 
Commission, the 
tourist should re- 
Points of INTEREST.-Oyster and Fish Wharves, J^^^^ ^o 7th St. and 
Steamer Wharves, Washington Channel, Potomac J^'^^// ^^.^\ i„ 
River, Potomac Marsh reclamation. horse ^car^s_^ b. ^ m 

Washington Barracks, and from thence the Washington Na^jy Yard. 




Car Route from Pa. Ave., South, via. The Smithsonian Grounds 
-AND Steamer Wharves to the Washington Barracks.— Having left 



40 



THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 



the main line of the W. and G. R. R. at Pa. Ave., (see Map V, 7th St.,) the 
cars pass the Central Market House, the finest in the city, on the r. At B 
St. they cross the track of the Metropolitan Horse R. R. The B and P. R. 
R. Station is on the 1. Here they enter the Mall, the broad park Avhich con- 
nects the parks of the Executive Mansion and Washington Obelisk with the 
Botanic Gardens and Capitol Grounds. On the r. a short distance beyond 
may be seen through the trees, the pavilions of the National Museum and 
towers of the Smithsonian Institution. The building on the 1. is occupied 
by the U. S. Fish Commission. At B St , S., the large building in the dis- 
tance, on the r., is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. At the intersec- 
tion of Md. Ave. and C St. this line crosses the tracks of the "Belt Line" 
Horse R. R., and the B. and P. Steam R. R. leading W. to the Long Bridge 
and to Alexandria, and on Va. Ave. it crosses the connecting tracks of the 
B. and P. R. R. to Baltimore. This portion of the city, on Md. and Va. 
Aves, is given up to the terminal facihties of the B, and P. R. R. At D St., 
one square E. is the Jefferson Public School Building, one of the finest in the 
city, on the s. e. cor of I) and 6th Sts , s. w., and at E St., the St. Donmiic's 
R. C. Church, on the s. w. cor. of E. and 6th Sts,, s. w., a stately ecclesias- 
tical structure, may be visited from this line. The line now passes the wharves 
of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria Ferry and other lines of Steamers. (See 
Map VI). Arlington and Fort Myer may be seen on the hills in Virginia. 
At P St. the cars turn E. to the main gate of the Barracks Grounds, 
The Capitol, N. O St. and S. Washington R. R. or ''Belt Line," by way 
of nth St., and the 9th St. branch of the Metropolitan R. R., by way o{ ^% 
St., will also convey the tourist from intersections of main lines in the heart 
of the city, to the same wharves. 




THE WASIIIN(-.TOX BARRACKS. 

The Washington Barracks, the Grounds comprising 70 a., are open 
from sunrise to sunset, l^isifors may pass the Sentry at the gate by stating 
their desire to view the groun'^s. During the absence of the garrison in 
summer camp, from July till October, the gates are often closed, owing to 



THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 



41 



Tihe insufficient force left for ordinary 
-guard duty. At this time visitors 
should mention to the sentry at the 
gate their desire to see the comman- 
ding officer, and having passed the 
sentry should repair at once to the 
headquarter^s building, No. 10 on 
the Diagram, and make their wishes 
iknown, when their re([uest will be 
granted After entering the gate, 
on the r., is the inner channel of the 
Potomac, taken by the lines of 
Steamers to the Wharves, on vvf ap 
TI. 

The Map VII will locate the 
points of interest within the Bar- 
racks Grounds. 

I. Main gate. 2. Picket Guard 
House. 3. Hospital. 4. Maga 
zines. 

5. Firing Stand of Rifle Range. 
This Range 1,000 yards long, is the 
iinest in the Eastern States. Prac- 
ticing by the Artillery Team daily, 
from 9 to II a. m., weather permit- 
ling. 6. Fish Ponds. 7. Com- 
manding and 8 Field Officers Quar- 
ters. 9. Guard House. In front 
of this site stood the scaffold upon 
■which Mrs. Surratt and the other 
'Conspirators in the assassination of 
President Lincoln were hanged. 

10. Headquarters Washing- 
ton Barracks. ii. Officer's 
•Quarters. 12. Commissary, Quarter- 
master, and Ordnance Offices. 13. 
Barracks. 14. Stables. 15. Barracks 
16. Store, 17. Bake, 18. Ice, 19, 
and 20, Tool Houses. 21. Gard- 
ener's Cottage. 22. Store House. 
23. Wagon Shed. 24. Battery 
Park. 25 and 26 Carpenter Shop. 
.27. Wood and Coal Houses. 28. 
Light Battery Stables. 29. Mar- 
ried Men's Quarters. 30. Band 
"Quarters. 

( Continued on page 43. ) ^ 



VII. — WASHINGTON BAR- 
RACKS AND VICINITY. 



<St. Cars 



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Points «)f Interest. — The 
'Washington Barracks, Greenleaf 
iPoint and Potomac River. 




42 



NAVY YARD, MARINE BARRACKS, ETC. 



VIII.— NAVY YARD AND MARINE BARRACKS. 

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Points of Interest. — The Washington Navy Yard, Vessels of War 
Marine Barracks, and Naval Hospital. 



I'HE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. 



43 



31 to 37, Officer's Quarters. 38. Butt of Firing Range. 

39. Wharf on Anacostia. 40. Wharf on Potomac where the assassin 
Booth's, body was landed. The view down the river trom here is fine. 
Alexandria may be seen on the Va. side, and the Government Insane Asylum 
on the hill on the D. C. side. 

41. Battery Drill Ground with Mortars and Guns. Drilling 10 a. m. daily 
except Sundays, and unfavorable weather. 42. Garrison Flag Staff. 

After leaving the main gate of the Barracks grounds, a short walk on 4>^ 
St. to M St., S. will bring the tourist to the line of the Anacostia and Poto- 
mac Horse R. R. This line starts at 7th and M Sts., s. w., at the wharves, 
where it intersects the 7th St. Branch of the W. and G. R. R., and at 4>^ St. 
the Metropolitan R. R. Exchange tickets 3 cts. additional given on either line. 




THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. 

This line crosses the James Cre^k Canal by an Iron Bridge. This Canab 
walled on both sides and 6' deep, is used by boats laden with wood and sand- 
It also forms the outlet of the great Tiber Sewer, which may be seen at the 
W. end of the Canal. At South Capitol St., looking W., a fine view may be 
had of the S. fagade of the Capitol, and across the Anacosta, crownmg the 
hill the Government Hospital for the Insane. 

The tourist next reaches the n. w. cor. of the Navy Yard wall with a 
bracketted sentry box overlooking the N. and W. approaches. At 8th St. E. 
he aUghts in front of the imposing entrance to the Yard. From this point 
this line of cars continues to nth St. E., thence across the Anacostia to a 
point near the Insane Asylum. 

The Navy Yard is open from sunrise to sunset, daily, except Sunday. 
Visitors can enter by speaking to the Sergeant of the marine guard at the 
gate. The Yard comprises 42 a. on the N. bank of the Anacostia, or Eastern 
Branch of the Potomac River, about i m. from its confluence with the latter 
stream. It is accessible to vessels of 20' draught. It is now the chief \ aid 
for the manufacture of naval supphes. 

The numbers on Map YIII direct the tourist to the places of interest. 



44 i'HE MARINE BARRACKS. 



1. Main Gate. On the r. are the Headquarters of the Marine Guard and 
Guard Room, and on the 1. Marine Officer's Quarters. A, is the Flag Staff. 
The Guns were captured from the TripoHtan pirates. 

2. Office of Commandant. Here permits may be obtained to enter the 
shops or go aboard the vessels. 3. Residence of the Commandant. 4. Resi- 
dence of the Captain of the Yard. 5. Officer's Quarters. 6. Dispensary. 
6J^. Civil Engineer's Office. 7. Residence of the Ordnance Officer. 8. 
Western Gate. 

9. Museum of Naval Relics and Weapons. 10. Stables. II. Labratory. 
12. Ordnance Store House, containing an interesting collection of Ship's. 
Guns. 13. Labratory. 14. Paint Shop. 15. Magazine. 16 and 17, 
Ordnance Shops. 18. Gun Park. 19. Ordnance Foundry. 

20. Saluting Battery. 21. Saw Mill. 22. West Ship House. 

23. Experimental Battery. The range extends across the channel to the 
Naval Magazine grounds in the distance. 24. Timber Store House. 25. 
Commandant's Boat House. 2d 11. Yard Reading Room. At the wharf 
the tourist may go aboard the Monitor in the stream. 26. East Ship House. 
27. Copper Smith. 28 and 29. Brass Foundry. 30. East Gate. 31 and 32, 
Naval Store House. 33. Copper Rolling Mill. 34. Rigging Store House. 
35. Anchor Shop. 36. Paymaster's Stores. 37. Forge Hammer. 38. 
Machine and Blacksmith Shops. 39. Store House. 

After leaving the Navy Yard instead of taking the W. and G. R. R. which 
starts opposite the Yard entrance, the tourist should visit the Marine Bar- 
racks, 4 squares N. on 8th St. 

The Marine Barracks, main entiance gate on 8th St., is open to visitors 
from sunrise to sunset, it being simply necessary to mention their object to 
the Sergeant of the guard at the gate, in order to pass. The long line of low 
buildings, on 8th St. are the Barracks, and the large building in the centre 
the Headquarters, all of which open on the parade within. The Armoy is 
on the S. side, and contains many interesting flags captured by the corps. 
The most suitable time, for those who can do so, for a visit, is Mondays, dur- 
ing the winter at 10.30 a. m. during Getti-i a/ Inspection, when the Garrison is 
paraded, weather permitting. These exercises are followed by a concert 
by the Marine band for the entertainment of visitors. 

On G St., 2 squares W. of the Marine Barracks is the Christ Episcopal 
Church, the oldest church edifice in the city, having been erected about 1800. 

One square N. of the Marine Barracks on 9th and E Sts., s. e., is the 
Naval Hospitat,, open atter 12 m. It is for the treatment of sick or dis- 
abled officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps. 

At tliis ]:)oint the tourist can return by horse cars to the Capitol, or most 
conveniently visit the Conqresiioiial Cemetery, \Vashins;ton Asylum and 
U. S. Jail. 

Car RoU'i'E to ihk Capitol. — After leaving the Navy Yard, and having 
visited the Marine Barracks and Naval Hospital, and not desiring to visit the 
Congressional Cemetery,,\Vashington Asylum and U. S. Jail, the tourist will 
take the W. and G. R. R. at the nearest point. From 8th St., E., the cars 
turn W. into the broad thoroughfare of Pa. Ave. At 7th St., on the r., is the 
Wallack School Building. At difterent points (see Map XI) along the way 
are trianglar parks, beautified with shrubbery and fountains. At 2d St. the 
cars turn into B St., passing near the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 
on the r., and (see Map XII) at ist St., E., reach the s. e. cor. of the East 



CON(iRESSK)XAI. CEME lERV, JAIL, ETC. 



45 



Park of the Capitol. The cars here continue along the entire length of the 
park to 1st St., W., with a fine view of the Capitol the entire distance. 

The tourist returning to the Capitol from ihe Navy Yard, should alight at 
New Jersey Ave. if he desires to visit ihe Coast and Gcodttic Surv.-y Build- 
ing,. Here will be seen the whole process of Draughting, Copper-Engraving, 
Electrotyping and Printing Charts. The U. S. standard Weights and Meas- 
ures are also kept here. 

From New Jersey Ave. the cars continue in the direction of West Wash- 
ington. See Maps XII, V, IV, III, 11, and I, showing the points of interest 
along the hne Those who do not desire to visit that building should alight 
at the cor. of A and ist Sts., s. e., and enter the East Capitol Park, and 
stroll towards the Capitol. 1 his will afford an excellent opportunity to view 
the Eastern front, its sculpture and the Eastern Park. Having viewed this 
the tourist should continue to the central portico, and enter at the great 
Bronze Door. The Capitol interior is describ d in ts ]iroper ]^lace. 




THE U. S. JAIL. 

Detour, via. the Congressional Cemetery, Washlngiox Asylum 
AND U. S. Jail, to the Statue of Emancipation.— The tourist wishing 
to visit the points of interest above named, will start at E on 8th St., (see 
:Map VIII,) and after an easy lo minute stroll by a paved way, will find him- 
self at the main entrance to the "Congressional Cemetery." (See Map IX.) 

The CoNGRESsioxAL Cemetery, or Parish Cemetery of Christ Church, 
near the Navy Yard, received its name from having been the place of sepul- 
ture of Senators and Representatives who died in the city during the early 
years of the century, or to whom memorial Cenotaplis were erected There 
are also two Vice-Presidents, Gerry and Clinton, and Gereials, Admirals and 
others of National renown, buried liere. The site overlooks the Anacostia 
River. Ihe first interment was in 1S07, The tourist can pass an hour very 
instructively upon the hallowed soil of this early necrojiolis of the Capital. 



46 



CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, ASYLUM AND JAIL. 



IX— CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, JAIL, ETC. 



^^o EnvmvcVPtxtian. Sta. 




AMAOOSTJA JUV. 



Points of Interest.— Congressional Cemetery, Work House, Washing- 
ton Asylum and U. S. Jail. 



From the "Congressional" Cemetery the tourist will continue on E. to- 
19th St. The drive leading due E. enters the grounds formerly occupied by 
the U. S. Naval Magazines, but now by the Washington Asylum. On 19th 
St. is the /Fi?;/' //ouse, a few steps further N. is the Washington Asylum, 
or Alms House, and still a few steps fur her N. the U. S. Jail. In this 
Jail Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, was confined and executed. 
Visitors who desire simply to be shown through the Jail will be admitted by 
application at the Warden's Office, main entrance, every day except Sundays, 
between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. Admission on Sundays must be through the 
Warden only. 

From the U. S. Jail the tourii^t can take the most direct route, about 8 
minutes walk, to Lincoln Square, where stands the Statue of Emancipation. 

As the portion of the city between the Jail and the point named is but 
sparsely l:)uilt, this walk should only be undertaken in good weather. During, 



LINCOLN SQUARE EMANCIPATION STATUE 



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X.— LINCOLN SQUARE, EMANCIPATION STATUE, AND' 
VICINITY. 







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Points of Interest. — Lincoln Square, Emancipation Statue. 

wet weather it would be better to return to E St., (Map IX,) and thence W. 
to I3lh or I2th Sts. , E. , ( Map X, ) thence to Lincoln Square. Here the tourist 
will be in communication with the Horse R. R., returning W. to the points- 
of interest in the N. belt of the city and W. Washington. 

In Lincoln Square stands Ball's semi- 
heroic Bronze Group, Emancipation, 
representing Abraham Lincoln pre- 
senting the proclamation of freedom 
to a liberated slave. The Statue was 
unveiled April 14, 1876, the anniver- 
sary of Lincoln's assassination. It 
cost $17,000. The first contribution 
was $5.00 from Charlotte Scott, a 
freed woman of Virginia, and her 
first earnings in freedom. After view- 
ing the Statue of Emancipation the 
tourist will leave Lincoln Square by _ 
East Capitol St., a thoroughfare 160 
wide with a fine vista of American 
Elms and North Carolina Poplars, 
extending from Lincoln Square W. to 

East Capitol Park. At 9th St., E., on East Capitol St., he may take the- 
Horse Cars of the East Capitol St. line of the Metropohtan R. R., fare- 
5 cts., or 6 tickets for 25 cts., good on all lines, thus commencing the return 
tour, via. the Capitol and remaining places of interest, back to the starting 




ball's EMANCIPATION. 



48 



THE GREENE STATUE. 



XI.— GREENE STATUE AND EAST CAPITOL STREET 

^.V Li U kt, 




Continued on Map V/II. 

f Points OF Interest.— The Greene Statue, East Capitol Street and Vicinity. 

point in West Washington. After leaving 9th St., 
n. e., the tourist enters the section of the city re- 
presented by Map XI. At 8th St., n. e. the build- 
ing with the pointed towers seen on the hills N. of 
the city, is the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. At 5th 
St., n. e. the tourist should leave the cars lor a 
short walk along that street, N. to Stanton Sqiurre, 
where stands Brown's Bronze Equestrian Statue of 
the Revolutionary General, Nathaniel Greene. 
The total cost, to include pedestal, was $50,000. 
From this point a fine view of the Capitol can be 
had by looking along Md. Ave. towards the s. w. 
The large l)uilding fronting this square on the S. 
is the Pcabody Pnhlic School. 

Returning' to the line of street cars at 3d St., n. e. 
the route continues to 1st St., n. e. 




brown's GREENE. 



THE CAPITOI.. 



4^ 



At this point the 
line turns N. The 
tourist should here 
aligh* and enter the 
beautiful East Park 
of the Capitol. 

The Horse Cars, 
meanwhile, (see Map 
XII,) proceed 
along 1st St., n. e. 
The large, now pri- 
vate building, on the 
s. e. cor. of Md. Ave. 
and 1st St., after the 
burning of the Capi- 
tol in 1 8 14, was in 
part occupied by the 
Senate. During the 
War of the Rebel- 
lion, 1 86 1 -'65, it was 
used as a prison for 
political offenders. 
Also within those 
walls was hanged 
W i r z, the prison 
keeper of Anderson- 
ville. 

The line continues 
to B St., n. e., where 
it turns to the W. 
and continues along 
the N. bounds of the 
Capitol Park to Del- 
aware Ave Here 
it makes another turn 
to the N. and con- 
tinues W. to West 
Washington. At 
this point the East 
Capitol St. line 
joins the main line 
of the Metropolitan 
R. R., which here 
extends into the Cap- 
itol Park to a point 
near the Senate wing 
of the Capitol, for 
the convenience of 

(Con^d on page $1.) 




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THE CAPITOL AND VICINITY. 



XII.— CAPITOL AND VICINITY. 



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,C<m%.K 



THE CAPITOL — STATUE OF WASNINGTON. 



51 



Points of Interest.— The Cnpitol, Statue of Washington, Coast and 
Oeodetic Survey, Statue of Marshall, Botanic Garden, Bartholdi Fountain, 
Naval Monument, Government Printing Office. (Map XII.) 

persons desiring to reach the Capitol. The tourist, 

having left the cars oi this line for the present in order 

to visit the Capitol, now finds himself upon the spac- 
ious drive which leads to the central portico of the 

Capitol. 

The Capitol occupies a lofty seat on the Western 

•edge of the plateau of Capitol hill, 89^' above mean 

low water in the Potomac, and overlooking the Wes- 
tern, or official, business and fashionable quarter of 

the city. The surrounding Park comprises 51^ a., 

artistically laid out under the direction of Fred Law 

-Olmstead, landscape architect. A marble terrace is 

being erected on the N., W. and S., which will greatly 

add to the imposing appearance of the structure. The 

building is 75i'x324', including porticos, the principal 

front l)eing on the E. The ground plan covers about 

2}4 a. It is of the Corinthian order, with a rustic 

snb-basement, basement principal, ard attic stories. 

The original building, of Potomac Aquia Creek free 

stone, was commenced in 1793, and the N. and S. 

wings were finished in 181 3. The interior was de- 
stroyed in i8i4and rebuilt i8i5-'i9 It was extended 

T)y the addition of the marble wings in 1851, which 

were occupied, the S. by the House of Representatives statue of FREEDOMk 

in 1857, and N. by the Senate in 1859, work, however, 

was continued for 12 years longer. The pres- 
ent Dome of iron, erected i856-'63, 
288' to the top of the lantern, 30 7>^' to the 
top of the statue of Freedom, and 135^^' in 
diameter. 

The Statne of F7-eedoin^ by Crawford, which 
surmounts the dome, is 19^' high, was placed 
in position in 1863, and cost ^$24,000. The 
building, including construction and altera- 
tions to date, cost $15,000,000. Advancing 
toward, the Capitol, opposite the central por- 
tico stands Greenough's colosal marble Statue 
of George Washington, erected in its present 
position in 1842. Total cost $44,000. 

On the N. blocking of the central portico, is 
Greenough's marble group, the Settlement of 
^Imerica, erected in 1842, cost $24,000, and 
on the S , Persico's marble Statne of Columbus, 
representing the discovey of America, erected 
in 1846, cost $24,000. In the typanum of the 
pediment of the portico is Persico's alto relievo, 

greenough's WASHINGTON. The Genius if America. On the pediment of 





52 



IHE GREAT BRONZE DOOR. 




the Senate portico is Crawford's marble grouj:) representing the Progress oj 
Civilization in the United States, Cost $46,000. 

Having taken a careful view of the Capitol from tlie E , the tourist should 
now enter by the broad steps of the central portico. Upon a platform here 
temporairly erected, during the ceremony of inauguration, the President of 
the U. S. takes the oatli of office in the presence of the people assembled on 
the esplanade in front. Upon reaching the platform of the portico, the tourist 
approaches the jrreat Bronze Door, or Main Entrance to the Capitol. In the 
niches are the statues of J^eace and War, by Persico, placed in position in 1832, 
cost $12,000 each. The great Bronze Door, l)y Randolph Rogers, is 19' high, 
weighs 20,000' and cost $28,000. It represents events in the life of Colum- 
bus, as follows : 

Casing: A, Asia; B, Africa; C, Europe; 
D, America 

Panels: i. Columbus before the Conncil 
of Salamaca. II. Departure of Columbus 
for the Spanish court. III. At tlie court of 
Ferdinand and Isabella. IV. Departure of 
Columbus from Palos on his first voyage of 
discovery. V. Columbus landed on the 
Island of San Salvador. VI. Encounter 
with the natives. VII. Triumphal entree 
of Columbus into Barcelona.. VIII. Col- 
umbus in chains. IX. The death-bed of 
Columbus. 

I. Alexander VI, Roderigo Lenzoli Bor- 
gia, Pope of Rome. 2. Pedro Gonzales de 
Mendoza, Arch-Bishoj^ of Toledo. 3. Ferd- 
inand, King of Spain. 4 Isabella, Queen 
of Spain. 5. Charles VIII, King of France. 
6. Lady Beatriz de Bobadilla, Marchioness 
of Moya, friend of Columbus. It is said the 
likeness is of Mrs. Rogers, wife to the 
sculptor. 7. John II, King of Portugal, 
who rejected Columbus. 8. Henry VII, 
King of England, appealed to by Bartholo- 
mew Columbus on behalf of his brother. 
9. Juan Perez de Marchena, prior of the 
Convent of La Rabida. 10 Martin Alonzo 
Pinzon, commander of the Pinta. 1 1. Her- 
nando Cortez, conqueror of Mexico, 12. 
Bartholomew Columbus, lirother to Cliris- 
topher. It is .said that the likeness is of the 
sculptor. 13. Alonzo de Ojeda, a compan- 
ion of columbus. 14. Vasco Nunez de Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific 
Ocean. 15. Amerigo Vespucci, author of the first account of the New World. 
16. Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru. 

The head above the lower N. panel represents Washington Irving, and in 
the corresponding position, op])Osite, W. H. Prescott, historians. 

The .tourist now finds himself within the vast Rotunda of the Capitol, 96' 
in diameter and 180' from the pavement to the canopy. Over the doors are 



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DIAGRAM OF r.RONZE DOOR. 



ROI UXDA SCULPTURES AND I'AJN IINGS. 



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rude Alto Relievos; E. door, Landing of tlie Pilgrims, Caucici ; W., Poca- 
hontas saving the life of John Smith, Capellano; N., Penn's Treaty with the 
Indians, Gavelot; S., Daniel Boone. Over the panels are busts, also in Alto 
Relievo, of Columbus, Raleigli Cal)ot and La Salle. 

In the eight panels are the celebrated historical paintings, as follows : 




The Landing of Columbus, 1492. — John Vanderlyn, 1842; $10,000. 

I, Columbus; 2, Martin Alonzo Pinzon; 3, Vincent Yannez Pinzon; 
4, Rodrigo des Escobedo, notary; 5, Rodrigo Sanchez, inspector; 6, Muti- 
neer in a supphant attitude; 7, Alonzo de Ojeda; 8, Cabin Boy; 9, Soldier, 
10, Sailor; ii, Friar. " ' , ^ ■.. ■ ^ . 



The Vessels are the Santa Maria, Pinta and the Nina. 




The Discovery of the Mississippi River by De Soto, 1541. — W. H, 
Powell, 1850; $12,000. 
I, De Soto; 2, Moorish Servant; 3, Confessor; 4, Young Spanish Cava- 
lier; 5, Cannon dragged up by artillerymen ; 6, Men planting the cross; 7, 
Ecclesiastic bearing a censer; 8, An aged priest blessing the cross; 9, A sol- 
dier dressing his wound; 10, Camp chest, with arms, helmets and other im- 
plements of War; ii, A group ot standard bearers and helmeted men; 12, 
Two young Indian maidens; 13, Indian chiefs bearing pipes of peace. 



54 



ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 




The Baptism of Pocahontas, 1613. — J. G. Chapman, 1836; $10,000. 

I, Pocahontas; 2, John Rolfe; 3, Alexander Whiteaker; 4, Sir Thomas 
Dale, Governor; 5, Sister to Pocahontas; 6, Naniequaus, JBrother to Poca- 
hontas; 7, Opechancanough ; 8, Opachisco, Uncle to Pocahontas; Q.Richard 
Wyffin; 10, Standard Bearer; ii, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, the first gentle- 
woman who arrived in the colony; 12, Henry Spilman; 13, John and Ann 
Laydon, first persons married in the country; 14, The Page. 

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The Emuarkatiox of the Pilgrims at Delft Haven, Holland, 
— Robeit W. Wier, 1S40; $10,000. 
I, William Robinson, pastor; 2, Elder William Brevv>ter; 3, Mrs, Brew- 
ster and sick child; 4, Governf)r Carver; 5, William Bradford; 6, Mr. and 
Mrs. White; 7, Mr. and Mrs. Winslow; 8, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller; 9, Miles 
"Standish and his wife Rose; 10, Mrs. Bradford, who fell overboard the day 
the vessel came to anchor; 11, Mrs. Carver and child; 12, Captain Reynolds 
and sailor; 13, Boy belonging to the Carver family; 14, Boy in charge of 
Mrs. Winslow; 15, Boy belonging to Mrs. Winslow's family; 16, Nurse. 



ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 



55 




Signing the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. — John Trum- 
bull, 181 7; $8,000. 
I, George Wythe, of Va.; 2, William Whipple, and 3, Josiah Bartlett, of 
N. H.; 4, Benjamin Harrison, of Va.; 5, Thomas Lynch, of S.fC.; 6, Rich- 
ard Henry Lee, of Va.; 7, Samuel Adams, of Mass.; 8, George Clinton, of 
N. Y.; 9, WiUiam Paca, and 10, Samuel Chase, of Md.; 11, Lewis Morris, 
and 12, William Floyd, of N. Y.; 13, Arthur Middleton, and 14, Thomas 
Heyward, of S. C; 15, Charles Carroll, of Md.; 16, George Walton, of Ga.; 
17, Robert Morris, 18, Thomas Willing, and 19, Benjamin Rush, of Penn.; 
20, Eldridge Gerry, and 21, Robert Treat Paine, of Mass.; 22, Abraham 
Clark, of N. J.; 23, Stephen Hopkins, and 24, William Ellery, of R. I.; 25, 
George Clymer, of Penn.; 26, William Hooper, and 27, Joseph Hewes, of 
N. C; 28, James Wilson of Penn.; 29, Francis Hopkinson, ofN. J.; 30, John 
Adams, of Mass.; 31, Roger Sherman, of Conn.; 32, Robert L. Livingston, 
of N. Y.; 33, Thomas Jefferson, of Va.; 34, Benjamin Frankhn, of Penn.; 
35, Richard Stockton, of N. J ; 36, Francis Lewis, of N. Y.; 37, John With- 
erspoon, of N. J.; 38, Samuel Huntington, 39, William Williams, and 40, 
Oliver Wolcott, of Conn.; 41, John Hancock, of Mass.; 42, Charles Thomp- 
:,on, of Penn.; and continuing, 43, George Read, of Del.; 44, John Dickinson, 
of Penn.; 45, Edward Rutledge, of S. C; 46, Thomas McKean, of Del.; 47, 
Philip Livingston, of N. Y. 




The Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, N. Y., 1777.— John Trum- 
bull, 1 81 7; $8,000. 



56 



ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 



The 3 figures in the distance are, I, Maj. Lithgow, of Mass.; 2, Col. Cilly,. 
and 3, Gen. Starke, of N. H.; and in the Key, 4, Capt. Seymour, of Conn., 
of Shelden's Horse; 5, Maj. Hull, and 6, Col. Greaton, of Mass.; 7, Maj. 
Dearborn, and 8, Col. Scammell, of N. H.; 9, Col. Lewis, of N. Y., Quar- 
termaster-Gen,; 10, Major-Gen. Phillips, of the British Army; ii, Lieut.- 
Gen. Burgoyne, Commander of the British forces; 12, Gen. Baron Reidesel, 
of the British Army (German); 13, Col. Wilkinson, Dep. Adj. Gen. of the 
American Army; 14, Gen. Gates, Commander of the American forces; 15, 
Col. Prescott, of Mass. Volunteers; 16, Col. Morgan, of the Va. Riflemen;. 
17, Brig.-Gen. Rufus Putnam, and 18, Lieut. -Col. Brooks, of Mass.; 19, Rev. 
Mr. Hitchcock, of R. L, Chaplain; 20, Major Robert Troup, of N. Y., Aid- 
de Camp; 21, Major Haskell, of Mass.; 22, Maj. (after Gen.) Armstrong,. 
Aid-de-Camp; 23, Maj. -Gen. Philip Schuyler, of N. Y.; 24, Brig.-Gen. 
Glover, of Mass.; 25, Brig.-Gen. Whipple, of the N. 
Clarkson, of N. Y. Aid-de-Camp; and 27, Maj. Steven^ 
ing artillery. 



H. Militia; 26, Maj. 
, of Mass., command.- 




The Surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 1781. — John Trumbull, 181 7; $8,000. 
The first 2 figures, i. Count Deuxponts; 2, Duke de Laval Montmorency, 
and in the Key, 3, Count Custine, Colonels of French Infantry; 4, Duke de 
Lauzun, Col. of French Cavalry; Gen. Choizy; 6, Viscount Viomeuil; 7, 
Marquis de St. Simon; 8, Count Fersen, and 9, Count Dumas, Aid-de-Camp 
to Count Rochambeau; 10, Marquis Chastellux; ii. Baron Viomeuil; 12, 
Count de Barre, and 13, Count de Grasse, Admirals in the French Navy; 
14, Count Rochambeau, Gen-in-Chief of the French forces; 15, Gen. Lincoln, 
American Army; 16, Col. Stevens, American Artillery; 17, Gen. Washing- 
ton, Commander-in-Chief; 18, Thomas Nelson, Gov. of Va.; 19, Marquis 
Lafayette; 20, Baron Steuben; 21, Col. Cobb, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Wash- 
ington; 22, Col. Trumbull, Secretary to Washnigton ; 23, Maj. -Gen. Clinton,, 
of N. Y.; 24, Gen. Gist, of Md.; 25, Gen. Wayne, of Penn ; 26, Gen. Hand, 
of Penn., Adjutant General; 27, Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, of Penn.; 28, Maj.- 
Gen. Knox, Commander of Artillery; and continuing towards the r., 29, 
Lieut.-Col, Huntingdon, acting Aid to Gen. Lincoln; 30, Col. Timothy 
Pickering, Quartermaster Gen.; in the Key. 31, Col. Alexander Hamilton, 
commanding Light Lifantry; 32, Col. Laurens, of S. C: 33, Col. Walter 
Stuart, of Penn., and 34, Col. Nicholas Fish, of N. Y. 



THE FRIEZE AND CANOPY OF THE ROTUNDA. 



57 




General Washington Resigning His Commission at Annapolis, Md., 
Dec. 23, 1783.— John Trumbull, 181 7; $8,000. 

I, Thos. Mifflin, of Penn., President of Congress; 2, Chas. Thompson, of 
Penn.; 3, Elbridge Gerry, of Mass.; 4, Hugh Williamson, of N. C; 5, 
Samuel Osgood, of Mass.; 6, Ed'w McComb, of Del.; 7, Geo. Partridge, of 
Mass.; 8, Ed'w Eloyd, of Md.; 9, R. D. Spaight, of N. C; 10, Benj. Haw- 
kins, of N. C; 1 1, A. Foster, of N. H.; 12, Thomas Jefferson, and 13, 
Arthur Lee, of Va.; 14, Dav. Howell, of R. I,; 15, James Monroe, of Va.; 
16, Jacob Reed, of S. C., all members of Congress; 17, Jas. Madison, of 
Va., spectator; 18, William Elkry, of R. I.; 19, Jeremiah Townley Chase, 
of Mo.; 20, S. Hardy, of Va., and 21, Charles Morris, of Penn,, members of 
Congress; 22, General Washington, ofVa.; 23, Cols. Walker, and 24, Hum- 
phreys, aids-de-camp; 25 and 26, Gens. Smallwood and Williams, and 27 
and 28, Cols. Smith and Howard, of Md.; 29, Charles Carroll and two daugh- 
ters, of Md.; 30, Mrs. Washington and her three grand-children; and 31, 
Daniel Jenifer of St. Thomas of Md., spectators. 

On the f}ieze, 300' in circumference and 9' high, beginning over the W, 
door of the Rotunda, are representations in fresco in chiaro-oscuro, by Bru- 
midi: i, America and History; 2, Landing of Columbus; 3, Cortez and 
Montezuma; 4, Pizarro invading Peru; 5, Burial of De Soto in the Missis- 
sippi River; 6, Rescue of John Smith by Pocohontas; 7, Landing of the 
Pilgrims; 8, Penn's Treaty. Executed by Costiggini upon the death of Bru- 
midi. 9, Colonization of New England; 10, Ogelthorpe and Muscogee 
Indians; 11, Battle of Lexington; 12, Reading of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence ; 13, Surrender of Cornwalhs at Yorktown ; 14, Death of Tecumseh; 
15, Gen. Scott's entree into the City of Mexico. 

The Canopy, executed by Brumidi, in fresco, is 65 1^' in diameter, 180' 
from the pavement of the Rotunda, and cost $50,000. In the centre is por- 
trayed Washington with Freedom on his r. and victory on his 1. The 13 
female iigures represent the 13 original States. The Groups on the outer 
zone are: i. The fall of Tyranny; 2, Agriculture; 3, Mechanics; 4, Com- 
rnierce; 5, Marine; 6, Arts and Sciences. 



S8 



IHE PRINCIPAL STORY OF THE CAPITOL. 



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Leaving the Rotunda l)y the W. door, the visitor 
reaches the Lidrafv 0/ Congress, open from 9. a. m. to 
4 p. m. This consists of a central Hall gi^/^'x^^', and 
two wings 95x29^-4' and each 38' high. The Library 
now comprises 530,000 volumes, and 200,000 pamph- 
lets, and is the largest in the U. S., and 7th in the 
world. It is fire-proof throughout. Returning to the 
Rotunda and pa^,sing through the X. door on the 1., 
II /eads to the Dome. A few steps beyond is the 
J?(k>m of the Supreme Court, open to visitors. When 




the main door is not open enter by the side door, 
from 10 through 19 on Diagram. This room is 75'x45'' 
and 45' high. On the E. is a screen of Ionic Columns 
of variagated Potomac Marble with Italian Marble 
Capitals. On consoles on the W. wall are marble 
busts of the Chief Justices of the U. S. The Sessions 
of the Court begni on the 2d Monday in October and 
last until May. Just ])efore 12 m. is the best time to 
visit the Court Room during the days of .sessions. 



6o 



DIAGRAM OF THE SUPREME COURT ROO^l. 



The Diagram will sh(jw the arrangement of the Ju 
the Court Officers and Counsel at the Bar. 



uices on the Bench, and 




THE GRAND STAIRCASE SENATE BRONZE DOOR 



6l 



In the Robing Room, are portraits of Chief 
Justices Jay, Marshall, Chase and Taney. 
The Messenger will admit visitors if the room 
he not occupied. Here the Justices put on 
their robes prior to going on the Bench. Con- 
tinu ng to the S. corridor and thence turning 
E. to the E. corridor, 28 is the Easte)-n Grand 
Staircase, which leads to the Ladies', Sena- 
tors' Family, and Diplomatic Galleries. The 
staircase is constructed of polished Tennessee 
Marble. At the foot is Power's Statue of 
Benjamin Franklin, of Penn., cost, $10,000. 
Over the landing is Powell's painting of 
Fen'/s Victory on Lake Ej'ic in 1 81 3, cost, 
$25,000. (See Diagram for Attic Story and 
Galleries.) Thence proceed into the Senate 
Vestibule (30). At the E. end (29) is the 
Senate Bronze Door, iDy Crawford, cost, $50.- 
000, representing: I. Battle of Bunker Hill 
and death of Warren, June, 1776; II. Battle 
of Monmouth, June, 1778, Rebuke of Gen. 
Lee; III. BattleofYorktown, October, 178 1, 
Hamilton's Capture of the Redoubt; IV. 
Washington's welcome at Tienton, Apiil, 
17S9; V, Inaucruration of Washmc^ton, first 



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THE SENATE CHAMBER. 



62 



THE :MARBLE room SENATE CHAMBER. 



President, in N. Y. City, April 30, 1789. John Adams, Vice-President,, 
stands on his r.; Chancellor Livingston administers the oath, and Mr. Otis,. 
Secretary of the Senate, holds the Bible. The remaining figures are Alex- 
ander Hamilton, Gens. Knox and St. Clair, Roger Sherman and Baron 
Steuben; VI. Laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol, Sept. 18, 1793. 
On the N. side of the vestibule is the Seriate Com. on the District of Colum- 
bia, (32,) beautifully frescoed by Brumidi. Visitors can enter. Next proceed 

rtt)eO^ ^ <u J? 
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apartment, and 



^ a ;z; u ^ S 
Sergeant-at-Arm's 



to 34, Senator's .inte-Room, a 1 
Room, also attractively finished. 

Should the Senate be in session visitors cannot pass the door at No. 35 
•without permission from a Senator. It would be proper to send a card to a 
Senatorial acquaintance asking this permission. He will send a page to con- 
duct his friends to the Bronze Stairs, (35), cost $5,000. There are four of 
these in the building. Thence to the Via- President's Room, (36). Here is- 



SENATORS OF THE U. S.— THE SENATE CHAMBER. 65. 



(See Diagram page 62 for seats of Senators.) 

SENATORS. The Left OF THE Chair.— (^^///^/^V.rw^.) Si-^.W.. 
\ldrich R L 30. W. B. Allison, la. 28. H. W. Blair, N H. 71. T. M. 
Bown,Cc;i. 31. A. Cameron, Wis. 4 J- D- Cajneron, Pa. 48. O D. 
Coneer Mich. 74. S. M. Cullum, 111. 52. H. L. Dawes, Mass. 44- J-N. 
Ddfh Ore. 7. G. F. Edmunds, Vt. 9- ^V. P. Frye, Me 21. K H 1 
Me. 25. B. Harrison, Ind. 2. J. R. Hawley, Conn. 23. N. P. Hill, Col. 
27. G. F. Hoar, Mass. 29. J. J. Ingalls, Kas. 50. J- P- l^''^f.\,^^\,.± 
E. G. Lapham, N. Y. 8. T. A. Logan, 111 24. S J. R. McMillan Mmn. 
6. W. Mahone (Readjuster), Va. 73- C. F Manderson Neb. 22. J. K 
Miller, Cal. 54- W. Miller, N. Y. 49- J- 1- Mitchell, Pa. 5- J- S. Mor- 
rill Vt. 70. T: W. Palmer, Mich. 72. A. F. Pike, ^. H. 3- O. H. Piatt, 
Coin. 56. P. B. Plm.ib, Kas. 53- H. H. Rjddleberger (Readjuster) Va 
20. D. M. Sabin, Minn. 47- ?• lawyer, Wis. 19. J-, J' Jewell, N. J. 
26. J. Sherman, O. 55- C. H. VanWyck, Neb. i. J. F. ^^ ilson, la. 
The Right OF THE CHAiR.-(i9^^.vm/^.) 36- T. F B ^ « 
J. B. Beck, Ken. 10. J. E. Brown, Ga. 42. MC. Butler S. C. 39. W. 

Call, Fla. 68. J. M. Camden, W. Va. 13. F. M. Cockrell, Mo I4.^R. 

Coke, Tex. 76. A- H. Colquitt, Ga. 57- J- G- Fair, Nev 59- J- J. Far-- 

ley, Cal. 17. A. H. Garland, Ark. 38. J- Z. George, Miss 69. R. L 

Gibson La. 3^. A. P. Gorman, Md. 12. J. B. Groome, Md. 77. W. 

Sampton S. S 15. I- G. Harris, Tenn. 41. H^ E Jackson, Tenn 60. 

B. F. Jonas, La. 33. C. W. Jones, Fla. 40. J- E. Kenna, W. Va. 67. L. 

Q. C. Lamar, Miss.' 61. J. R. McPherson, ^. J. 16 SB Maxey, Tex. 

II. J. T. Morgan, Ala. 34. G. H. Pendleton, O. 66. J. L Pugh, Ala. 

32 M. W Ransoi, N. c' 65. E Saulsbury, Del. 62 J. H. Slater, Ore. 

64. Z. B. Vance, X. C. 75- G. G. Vest, Mo. 18. D. ^^ . Voorhees, Ind. 

63. J. G. Walker, Ark. 58. J. S. Williams, Ken. 



{^Continued from page 62.) 
Rembrandt Peale's Painting of Washington. The messenger at the door 

"n^v'g now'entered the Senate LoMn, on the r. pa.s into the Marble or 
Senator's^ v^.r.//.^ Room, (40), and on the 1., when the Senate is not m 
session, pass upon the floor of the Senate. , .,. c f •. „^f,-,. 

The Senate Chamber (visitors admitted on the floor when the Senate is not m 
session) is 113K X8034:' and 36' high. The Cloak Rooms on the 
^uter sdes reduce the floor to 83'x5i'.^ The galleries are over the clc>ak 
Rooms and will seat 1200 persons. (See D agram of attic story and gaderies 
for location of galleries, and of the Chamber for seats of Senators and officers.) 
The cemng is If iron aid the room is lighted from the loft above. Retunring 
to the lobby, continue W. to the President^ s Room (41). This is one of the 
finest roonas in the building. Admission may be had, ^^^ould the door be 
locked, through the messenger in the corridor nearby. I^the door be un- 
locked enter. Whenever the President visits the Capitol he occupie. tli. 
apartment and sends, by a page, for those whom he wishes o see The 
niedaUions represent Washington and his first Cabinet. The ceiling is also. 



64 



SENATE WING, ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 



richly frescoed, and the walls finished in gilt. Opposite the entrance the 
Bronze Staircase (35) is similar to that E. of the lobby. Take the W. corridor 
to the West Grand Staircase, of American White Marble, a very beautiful 
piece of work. At the foot is Stone's heroic Statue of John Hancock, cost, 
$5,500, and over the first landing. Walker's painting of the Storming of 
Chapultepec, Mexico, Sept. 13, 1847, cost, $6,000. The American Army is 
commanded by Gen. Scott, and pursuing the fleeing Mexicans into the City 
of Mexico, 

At this point the visi- 
tor should ascend to the 
attic story and galleries. 
The Diagrams will indi- 
cate points of interest on 
this fl., and point out the 
~3 Senators in their seats 
I ^on the fl. The Senate 
1^ assembles at 12 m. The 
best time to visit the 
Senate galleries during 
the sessions is just be- 
fore that hour. The 
general debates usually 
commence after the 
"morning hour," about 
1.30 p. m. 

Main Building.— 2. 
Store- Rooms Congress- 
ional Library. 3. Stairs 




THE CAPITOL — ATTIC ^TORY AND GALLERIES. 



to the Dome. 4, 5. Store-Rooms Sen. Doc. Room. 6. Senate Committee 
on Additional Accomodations for the Congressional Library. 7, 8. The 
Library of the Sen. 9, ii, 12, 13. Sen. Doc. Rooms. 10. Sen. Com. Nic- 
araguan Claims. 

Senate Wing. — 14. E. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Powell's Painting 
of Perry's Victory. 16. S. Corridor. 

Galleries. — 15, 17. Ladies' Gallery. 18. Diplomatic Gallery. 19. 
Gentlemen's Gallery. 20. Press Reporters' Gallery. 21. Ladies' Gallery 
and Reserved Gallery. 22. Ladies' Retiring-Room'. 23. Hall, containing 
Moran's Paintings of the Canons of the Yellowstone, and Chasm of the Col- 
orado, cost, $10,000 each. 24. Ante-room to Ladies' Gallery. Portraits of 
Col. Geo. Washington, Henry Clay, &c. 

25. Sen. Com. on Private Land Claims. 26. Sen. Com. on Claims. 27. 
Sen. Conference Room. 28. E. Corridor. 29, 30. .Sen. Com. on Printing. 
31. W. Corridor. 32. W. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Walker's Painting 
of the Storming of Chapultepec. 33, 34. Sen. Com. on Public Buildings and 
Gronnds. 35. Stairs Illuminating Loft. 36. Sen. Com. on Transportation. 
37. Sen. Com. on Railroads. 38. Sen. Com. on Privileges and Elections. 
39. Elevator for Senators. 40. Sen. Com. on Commerce. 41. Sen. Com. 
on Engrossed Bills. 42. Press Telegraph Office. 43 Press Reporters' 
Retiring- Room. 

The visitor having viewed the points of interest on the Attic Floor of the 
Senate wing, and having passed some time in the Senate Galleries, the Sen- 
:ate being in session, should now return to the corridor and proceed thence to 



THE CAPITOL, BASEMENT STORY. 



65 



the Elevator at No. 39 on the same fl., and descend by that means or by the 

Staircases, 14 or 32, to the Basement Story and see the frescoes and other 

features of interest in this 

portion of the Capitol. The 

visitor may enter any of the 

Committee Rooms found 

unlocked or open, for the 

purpose of examining the 

the frescoes. When locked, 

inquiry from the messenger 

on the floor may gain them 

admission. 

Senate Wing. — i. W. 
Staircase and Corridor. The 
walls and groined ceilings 
are richly frescoed with 
events and personages in 
American history, and re- 
presentations of the fanna 
and flora of the U. S. 

2. Sen. Com. on Revision 
of the Laws. 3. Sen. Com. 
on Indian Affairs. Beauti- 
fully frescoed for the use, 
originally, of the Com. on 
Agriculture. 4. Stairs to 
Sub-Basement and Senate 
Heating and Ventilating 
Apparatus. The Machinery 
here is very interesting and 
should be visited. 5. Sen. 
Com. on District of Colum- 
bia. 6. Sen. Com. on 
Library. Appropriately 
frescoed. 7. Sen. Com. on 
Military Affairs. Has the 
finest Frescoes to be found 
in any of the Com. Rooms. 
8. Sen. Com. on Naval Af- 
fairs. Elaborately frescoed, 
representing Marine Dieties, 
&c. 9. Elevator, 10. Sen. I 
Com. on the Judiciary. Fres- 
coed. II. Closets. 12. N. I 
Corridor. Frescoed. 13. 
Sen. Com. on Territories. 
Frescoed. 14, 14. Bronze 
Staircases. 15. Sen. Station- 
ery Room. 16. Sen. Com. 

on Agriculture. 17. Main Corridor to N. Entrance, Frescoed. ''If i* 
Com. on Contingent Expenses. 19. Office of the Sen. Folding-Room. 




ben. 
20. 



^6 THE CAPITOL, BASEMENT STORY. 



•Sen. Com. on Foreign Relations, Frescoed. 21. Hall and Senate Post -Office, 
Richly Frescoed. 22. Sen. Com. on Post-Offices and Post- Roads. 23. Sen. 
Com. on Patents. 24. E. Entrance and Vestibule, Marble. 25. Sen. Com.' 
■on Pensions, Frescoed. 26. E. Staircase and Corridor. 27. Passage and 
Steps to Sen. Folding-Room. 28. Sen. Com. on Civil Service, Frescoed. 
29. Sen. Com. on Public Lands, Frescoed. 30, 31, 33. Restaurant, open to 
the Public. 32. Inner Corridor, Frescoed. O, O. Document Store Rooms. 
34. Ladies' Room. 35. Connecting Corridor to the Crypt. 

The Main Building.— y\; of the Cript. 36. Main Corridor. 37, 38, 39. 
Conference Room of the Supreme Court of the U. S. 40. Senate Baths. 
41. Vestibule. 42. Supreme Court Store-Room and Files. 43, 43. Stair- 
cases to Principal Story. 44. The Law Library, contains nearly 100,000 
volumes, and largest in the U. S. 45. The Crypt, formed of 40 Doric 
Columns. The Star in the pavement is the centre of the Capitol, and form- 
erly the meridian of the U. S. Beneath is the Undercroft or Vault in which 
it was proposed to place the remains of Washington. The Crypt has been 
reduced in size by temporary rooms walled off for the Congressional Library. 
Upon it rests the superstructure of the dome. 46, 47. Store- Rooms of the 
Cong. Library. 48. Steps to Sub-Basement and t'«a'<fnrrw/if. 49. W. Main 
Staircase to Rotunda. 50. W. Main Entrance. 51. Sen. Com. on Education 
and Labor. 51. Sen. Com. on Manfactures. 52. Sen. Com. on the Census. 
53. Sen. Com. on Revolutionary Claims. 54, 55. Store-Rooms. 

.5". of the Crypt.— ^6. House Com. on Expenses in the Treas. Dept. 57. 
Com. Revision of the Laws. Near by, Capitol Pohce Headquarters. 58. H. 
Com. on Education and Labor. 59. H. Com. on Coinage, Weights and 
Measures, and Manufactures and Library. 60. H. Com. on PubUc Expen- 
ditures. 61. H. Com. on Mines and Mining. 62. Vestibule. 63. Corridor 
and Com. on Private Land Claims. 64, 66, 67, Offices Clerk of House of 
Rep. 65. Office Doorkeeper and Folding- Room. 68. H. Com. on Expen- 
ditures in the State Dept., and opposite House Com. on Expenditures in 
Interior Department. 69 Connecting Corridor to House Basement. 

The House Wing.— 70. Main Corridor to S. Entrance, 145^x25', con- 
sistmg of a fine marble colonade. 70. Behind the Screens : E. Side of Cor- 
iridor— H. Com. on Mileage. W. Side of Corridor— Stenographers of Com- 
mittees. 71, 74. H. Restaurant, open to the public 72. H. Com. on 
Indian Affairs, containing a collection of Paintings of Indian Life. ']%. Inner 
Corridor. 75. E. Staircase and Corridor. S. end Steps to H. Baths. 76. 
H. Com. on Printing. 77. H. Com. on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 78. 
Passage and Steps to Sub-Basement. 79. E. Entrance and Vestibule, Mar- 
ble. 80. Post-Office of the H of Representatives. 81. H. Com. on Public 
Buildings and Grounds, Frescoed. 82. H. Com. on PubHc Health. %t,. H. 
Com. on Expenses in the Navy Dep. 84. H. Com. on Territories, Frescoed. 
85,86. Room of Official Reporters, ^-j. The Speaker's Private Room. 88. 
H. Com. on Invalid Pensions. 89. H. Com. on Claims. 90. H. Com. on 
Agriculture, appropriately Frescoed. 91. H. Stationery Room. 92. W. 
Staircase and Corridor. 93. Steps to Sub-Basement, Heating and Ventilating 
Apparatus ; the Appliances are interesting. 94. H. Com. on War Claims. 
95. H. Com. on Accounts. 96. Closets. O, Clerk's Document Room. O, 
Store-Rooms. C. Courts. 

Having finished their inspection of the points of interest on the basement 
story of the Capitol, visitors should return to the S. end of the E. corridon 



HOUSE WING, ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 



67 



Tiear 81 on the Diagram, and there take the Elevator, or by either of the 
'Grand Staircases, (75 or 92), ascend to the Attic Story and Galleries of the 
.House Wing of the Capitol. 

With the aid of the Diagram they wi 1 be able to find all points of interest 
■on this floor of the l)uilding. 

House Wing, Attic 
Story.-i. Store-Room 
Congressional Library. 
44, 46. Store- Room H. 
Library, 45. House 
Document Room. 
47. E. Grand (Marble) 
Staiscase, and Carpen- 
ters Painting of the sign- 
ing of the Proclamation 
of Emancipation, Sept. 
22, 1862, presented to V 
the U. S. by Mary E. 
Thompson. 48. N. Cor- 
ridor. 49. Library of 
the House, containing 
j>oo,ooo volumes of Pub- 
lic Documents for refer- 

'^"^^^•„ . T ,. , THE HOUSE WING, ATTIC S'JOKY AND GALLERIES. 

Galleries.-$o. Ladies 
and Private Galleries. 51. Private and Representatives' Family Galleries. 
52. Diplomatic Gallery. 53. Press Reporters' Gallery. 54. Private Gal- 
lery for Ladies. 55. Gentlemen's Gallery. 

56. H. Com. on Foreign Affairs. 57. H. Com on the Judiciary. 58. H. 
Com. on Commerce. 59. H. Com. on Public Lands. 60, 61. Ladies' 
Retiring Room ; a Matron is in attendance. 62. Press Reporters' Writing- 
Room. 63. Press Telegraph Office. 64. Ante-room. 65. H. Com. on 
Pacific Railroads and Pensions. 66. H. Com. on Elections. 67. H. Com. 
on Railways, Canals and Patents. 68. H. Com. on the District of Columbia. 
69, 70. H. Com. on Banking and Currency. 71. W. Grand (Marble) Stair- 
case, and Leutze's Chromo Silica, Westvi^ard Ho. 

From this floor the visitor should enter the Galleries, if the House of Re- 
presentatives be in session, (hour of meeting, 12 m.,) and pass a few moments 
in following the debates, and with the aid of the accompanying Diagram, 
taking a look at the individual Members of that bod v. (See Description of 
the Hall, P. 72.) ' 




The House of Representatives of the 48th Congress of the U. S. A. 

The Speaker — John G. CarHsle, D., Ky. Tke Chaplain of the House — 
Rev. John S. Lindsay (Episcopalian), D. C. C. The Clerk of the House 
of Representatives — John B. Clark, Jr., Mo. S. Sergeant-at-Afms — John 
!^. Leedom, O. D. Doorkeeper — James G. Wintersmith, Tex. Postmaster 
— Lycurgus Dalton, Ind. 




68 



REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR DESKS. 



69 



REPRESENTATIVES.— (D. Democrats, 
I. Independents, 3. R-A. Readjusters, 4. 
Vacant, 3. 

+ 



[97. R. Republicans, 116. 
G-B. Greenbackers, 2. 



The Left. — {Republicans.) 

69 Geo. E. Adams, 111 R. 

10 J. A. Anderson, Kas.. R. 

86 L. E. Atkinson, Pa R. 

157 S. F. Barr, Pa R. 

74 T. M. Bayne, Pa R. 

17 Lewis Beach, N. Y R. 

155 Jas B. Belford, Col R. 

18 H. H. Bingham, Pa R. 

159 Horatio Bisbee, Jr., Fla R. 

141 C. A. Boutelle, Me R. 

128 H. S. Bowen, Va R-A. 

89 S. M. Brainerd, Pa R- 

139 Edw. Breitung, Mich R. 

129 Thos. H. Brents, Wash. T..R. 

19 F. B. Brewer, N. Y R. 

143 J. H. Brewer, N. J R. 

51 T. M. Browne, Ind R. 

50 W. W. Brown, Pa R. 

31 C. M. Brumm, Pa G-B. 

166 J. H. Budd, Cal D. 

16 H. G. Burleigh, N. Y R. 

147 J. N. Burns, Mo D. 

98 W. H. Calkins, Ind.. ...... R. 

35 J. M. Campbell, Pa R. 

130 J. G.Cannon, 111 R. 

13 G.W. Cassidy, Nev D. 

49 Jonathan Chace, R.I R. 

113 P.A.Collins, Mass D. 

loi J.C.Cook, la I. 

45 W. W. Culbertson, Ky R. 

26 Wm.Cullen, 111 R. 

127 Byron M. Cutcheon, Mich..R. 

93 Geo. R. Davis, 111 R. 

64 Robt. T. Davis, Mass R. 

6 Nelson Dingley, Jr., Me R. 

148 A. M. Dockery, Mo D. 

96 R. W. Dunham. Ill R. 

34 N. B. Eldridge, Mich D. 

156 Reuben EUwood, 111 R. 

54 I. N. Evans, Pa R. 

92 Jas. B. Everhard, Pa R. 



The Right. — (Democrats.) 

164 J.J. Adams, N. Y D. 

76 D. W. Aiken, S. C .D. 

112 A. M. Alexander, Mo D, 

16 John Arnot, Jr., N. Y D. 

4 J. H. Bagley, Jr., N. Y D. 

11 J. G. Ballentyne, Tenn D. 

94 J. S. Barbour, Va D. 

47 E. Barksdale, Miss D. 

136 Perry Belmont, N. Y... D. 

62 R. T. Benne»t, N. C D. 

44 J. C. S. Blackburn, Ky D. 

134 N. C. Blanchard, La D. 

50 R.P.Bland, Mo D. 

71 J.H.Blount, Ga D. 

72 C.E.Boyle, Pa D. 

68 C. R. Breckenridge, Ark D. 

158 J. O. Broadhead, Mo D. 

167 Hugh Buchanan, Ga D. 

12 A. H. Buckner, Mo... D. 

82 G.C.Cabell, Va D. 

143 J.T.Cain, Utah D. 

160 A. J. Caldwell, Tenn D. 

130 Felix Campbell, N. Y D. 

100 A. D. Candler, Ga ...D. 

61 Ezra C. Carleton, Mich D. 

121 M. L. Clardy, Mo D. 

138 J.F.Clay, Ky D. 

166 J. C. Clements, Ga D. 

64 r. R.Cobb, Ind D. 

22 D. W. Connolly, Pa D. 

1 52 Geo. L. Converse, O D. 

38 John Cosgrove, Mo D. 

88 G. W. Covington, Md D. 

49 S.S.Cox, N.Y D. 

148 W.R.Cox, N.C D. 

13 Chas. F. Crisp, Ga D. 

119 D. B. Culberson, Tex D. 

118 A.G.Curtin, Pa D. 

51 G. W. Dargan, S. C D. 

56 R. H. M. Davidson, Fla D. 

162 L.H.Davis, Mo D. 

5 P. V. Deuster, Wis D. 



70 



REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR DESKS. 



3 John F, Finerty, 111 I. 

131 M.C.George, Ore R. 

57 Eustace Gibson, W. Va D. 

82 J. R. Glasscock, Cal D, 

100 Nathan Goff, Jr., W.Va-..-R. 
108 H. S. Greenleaf, N. Y D. 

102 R. Gueniher, W is R. 

79 N. J. Hammond, Ga D. 

125 Lewis Hanback, Kas R. 

154 John Hancock, Tex D. 

15 A. C.Harmer, Pa ....R. 

24 Alphonso Hart, O R. 

120 H. H. Hatch, Mich R. 

134 M.A. Haynes, N. H R. 

132 D.B.Henderson, la R. 

12 T.J.Henderson, 111 R. 

133 Wm. P.Hepburn, la R. 

58 W.D.Hill, O D. 

103 Frank Hiscock, N. Y R. 

151 Robt. R. Hitt, 111 R. 

68 A.J.Holmes, la R. 

116 H. B. Holton, Md R. 

21 B. S. Hooper, Va R-A. 

140 R.G.Horr, Mich R. 

95 L, C. Houk, Tenn R. 

150 B. F. Howey, N. Y R. 

44 D.R.James, N. Y R. 

115 Elza S. Jeffords, Miss R. 

55 F. A. Johnson, N. Y R. 

46 J. A. Kasson, la R. 

8 John Kean, Jr., N.J R. 

160 J. W. Keifer, O R. 

48 W. D. Kelley, Pa R. 

137 W. P. Kellogg, La R. 

53 J. H. Ketchum, N. Y R. 

163 Ed. S. Lacey, Mich R. 

39 Jas. Laird, Neb R. 

80 J, E, Lamb, Ind D. 

87 Geo. V. Lawrence, Pa R. 

1 1 Ben. Lefevre, O D. 

7 Harry Libbey, Va R. 

73 J. D, Long, Mass R. 

105 H. B. Lovering, Mass D. 

52 Theo. Lyman, Mass I. 

167 M.A. McCoid. la R. 

117 L. E. McComas, Md R. 



1 7 Samuel Dibble, S. C D. 

77 G. G. Dibrell, Tenn D. 

129 Wm. Dorsheimer, N. Y D. 

I 140 Clement Dowd, N. C D. 

i 39 W. A. Duncan, Pa D. 

! 30 Poindexter Dunn, Ark D. 

95 W.W.Eaton, Conn D. 

96 M.F.Elliott, Pa D. 

78 E.J. Ellis, La D. 

55 D. Ermentrout, Pa D. 

i 157 T. N.Ferrell, N.J D. 

41 W. H. F. Fielder, N. J D. 

28 J. V. L. Findlay, Md D. 

125 J. F. Follett, O D. 

37 M. A. Foran, O D. 

53 W. H. Forney, Ala D. 

107 R. W. Fyan, Mo D. 

67 G.W.Geddes, O D. 

145 Alex. Graves, Wis D. 

106 W.J.Green, N. C D. 

90 J.E. Halsell, Ky D. 

97 rhos. Hardeman, Ga D. 

142 John Hardy, N. Y D. 

154 W.H. Hatch, Mo D. 

33 J.J.Hemphill, S. C D. 

59 Barclay Henley, Cal D. 

69 H. A. Herbert, Ala D. 

2 A.S.Hewitt, N.Y D. 

42 G. W. Hewitt, Ala D. 

48 E. S. Hoblitzell, Md D. 

20 W. S. Holman, Ind D. 

124 J. H. Hopkins, Pa. D. 

60 Julius Houseman, Mich D. 

54 Carleton Hunt, La D. 

108 Frank Hurd, O D. 

1 10 Waldo Hutchins, N. Y D. 

103 Burr W. Jones, Wis D. 

155 Jas. H. Jones, Tex D. 

15 J.K.Jones, Ark D. 

75 J. T. Jones, Ala D. 

32 I. M. 



Jordan, O D. 



131 J.F.King, La D. 

139 John J. Kleiner, Ind D. 

127 S. W. Y. Lanham, Tex D. 

24 E.T.Lewis, La D. 



REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR DESKS. 



71 



40 J. W. McCormick, O R. 

146 R. M. Mayo, Va R-A. 

158 S.C.Millard, N. Y R. 

29 S.H.Miller, Pa R. 

1 22 S. L. Milliken, Me R. 

Si R.Q.Mills, Tex D. 

118 H.L. Morey, O R. 

126 EN. Morrill, Kas R. 

4 H. L. Muldrow, Miss D. 

5 J. H. Murphy, la D. 

85 Knute Nelson, Minn R. 

90 N. W. Nuttin?, N. Y. ....... R. 

135 T.P.Ochiltree, Tex I. 

119 J.E.O'Hara, N. C R. 

91 Chas. O'Neill, Pa R. 

112 G. H. Oury, Arizona D. 

27 A.X.Parker, N. Y R. 

121 Sereno E. Payne, N. Y R. 

59 Lewis E. Payson, 111 R. 

33 R. A. Pierce, Tenn D. 

161 S. R. Peelle, Ind R. 

123 B. W. Perkins, Kas R. 

124 S.R.Peters, Kas R. 

30 A. H. Pettibone, Tenn R. 

9 W. W. Phelps, N. J R. 

47 L.P.Poland, Vt R. 

14 O. B. Potter, N. Y D. 

41 W. T. Price, Wis R. 

32 Jos. Rankin, Wis D. 

72 A. A. Ranney, Mass R. 

42 G.W. Ray, N.Y R. 

SS Ossian Ray, N. H R. 

138 J. R. Raymond, Dakota R. 

70 T.B.Reed, Me R. 

20 W.W.Rice, Mass R. 

25 Jas. S. Robinson, O R. 

97 J. H. Rowell, 111 R. 

158 W.A.Russell, Mass R. 

94 Thos. Ryan, Kas R. 

I Aaron Shaw, 111 D. 

153 T. F, Singiser, Idaho R. 

43 C. R. Skinner, N.Y R. 

77 H. W. Slocum, N. Y D. 

142 A. Herr Smith, Pa R. 

67 H. J. Spooner, R. I R. 

1164 G. W. Steele, Ind R. 

144 I. Stephenson, Wis R. 



23 Chas. B. Lore, Del D. 

120 Roht. Lowry, Ind D. 

21 Wm. McAdoo, N. J D. 

46 Benton McMillen, Tenn D. 

70 Martin Maginnis, Montana.. D. 

92 C. C. Matson, Ind D. 

86 W. C. Maybury, Mich D. 

153 Jas. F. Miller, Tex D. 

1 15 C. LeM. Mitchell, Conn D. 

79 H.D. Money, Miss D. 

113 C.H.Morgan, Mo D, 

43 W.R.Morrison, 111 D. 

8 Leopold Morse, Mass D. 

144 S. W. Moulton, 111 D. 

109 Nicholas Muller, N.Y D. 

7 R. M.Murray, O D. 

57 Wm. Mutchler, Pa D. 

27 W. H.Neece, 111 D. 

19 John C. Nicholls, Ga D. 

45 W.C. Oats, Ala D. 

6 J. J. O'NeiU, Mo D. 

34 D.R.Paige,0 D. 

93 J. D. Patton, Pa D. 

87 S.W. Peel, Ark D. 

9 G. A. Post, Pa D. 

151 M. E. Post, Wyoming D. 

10 Luke Pryor, Ala D. 

123 W. H. M. Pusey, la D. 

40 S.J.Randall, Pa D. 

132 J, H. Reagan, Tex D. 

98 Seaborn Reese, Ga D. 

102 J. M. Riggs, 111 D. 

31 T. A. Robertson, Ky D. 

151 Wm. E. Robinson, N.Y....D. 
loi J. H. Rogers, Ark D. 

80 W.F.Rogers, N.Y D. 

91 W. S. Rosecrans, Cal D. 

I 81 A. M. Scales, N. C D. 

105 G. E. Seney, O D. 

t 1 14 E. W. Seymour, Conn D. 

150 C. M. Shelley, Ala D. 

i III Otho R. Singleton, Miss D. 

I 63 T. G. Skinner, N. C D. 

1 126 C. P. Snyder, W. Va D. 

I 73 J.T.Spriggs, N.Y D. 

I Wm. M. Springer, 111 D. 



72 



THE HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



114 J.W.Stewart, Vt R. 

31 Eben F.Stone, Mass R. 

62 H. B. Strait, Minn R. 

63 I. S. Struble, la R. 

23 Ezra B. Taylor, O R. 

71 Jos. D. Taylor, O. R. 

84 J. R. Thomas, 111 R. 

2 R. W. Townshend, 111 D. 

99 E. K. Valentine, Neb R. 

107 R.B.Vance, N. C ....D. 

83 Jas. W. Wadsworth, N. Y. . .R. 

28 John Wait, Conn R. 

61 J. B. Wakefield, Minn R. 

60 W. D. Washburn, Minn R. 

56 Archibald J. Weaver, Neb...R. 

75 L. H.Welldr, la G-B. 

162 J.D.White, Ky. R. 

lie Milo White, Minn D. 

65 Wm. Whiting, Mass R. 

109 Beriah Wilkins, O D. 

145 Jas. Wilson, la R. 

37 J.S.Wise, Va R-A. 

36 G. M. Woodward, Wis D. 

104 Tyre York, N. C I. 



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29 R. S. Stevens, N. Y D. 

1 28 Chas. Stewart, Tex D. 

89 S. M. Stockslager, Ind D.. 

25 T.B. Storm, Pa D. 

58 Chas. A. Sumner, Cal D. 

147 D. H. Sumner, Wis D. 

141 J. F. C. Talbot, Md D. 

1 65 J. M. Taylor, Tenn D. 

137 P. B. Thompson, Jr., Ky....D. 

99 Jas. W. Throckmorton, Tex..D. 

52 T. D. Tillman, S. C D. 

135 J. Ran. Tucker, Va D^ 

18 P. B.Tullev, Cal D. 

14 H.G.Turner, Ga D. 

1 7 Oscar Turner, Ky I. D. 

85 T. J. Van Alstyne, N. Y D. 

161 H. S. Van Eaton, Miss D. 

66 T.B.Ward, Ind D. 

36 A. J. Warner, O D. 

146 Richard Warner, Tenn D. 

65 Olin Wellborn, Tex D. 

74 Ed.Wemple, N. Y D. 

122 Thos. Williams, Ala D. 

16 A.S.Willis, Ky D.. 

156 W. L. Wilson, W. Va D. 

84 Edwin B. Winans Mich D. 

104 John Winans, Wis D.. 

35 Geo. D.Wise, Va D. 

149 F. L.Wolford, Ky D. 

116 T.J.Wood, Ind D. 

163 N. E. Worthington, 111 D. 

83 E. L. Yaple, Mich . . . D. 

3 Casey Young, Tenn D. 



From the Attic Story the visitor should descend l)y ihe J-lUvator cX the S, 
end of the E. corridor, or by the grand staircases, 47 or 71, to the Principal 
Story, and thence proceed to the Lobby, 70, S. of the JIall of Representa- 
tives, (see Diagram, page 58, for references) The J^bby and Hall may be 
entered by visitors except when the House of Representatives is in session. 
It is, therefore, desirable to reach this portion of the building before 12 m., 
during sessions of Congress. In the Lobby is a gallery of Crayons of the 
Spealurs of the House of Representatives.' The Representative's Retiring 
Romns, 76-78, S. of the Lobby, from a fine suite of apartments. N. of the 
Lobby is the Hall 0/ Representatives, {'j^), 139x93^ and 36' high. The 
♦'floor" is Ii5'x67' and contains Desks for 325 Representatives and 8 
Delegates. The Cloak and Retiring Rooms open off the Hall. The Gal- 
leries over them will seat 2500 persons. The Hall is lighted, l.)oth 1iy day 



THE HOUSE WING, PRINCIPAL STORY. 



73 



-and night from the ceiling, which consists of panels formed of iron girders 
set with ground-glass, decorated with appropriate centre pieces. On the r. 
of the Chair is the pedestal which supports The Mace, the insignia of authority 
of the House, which is placed there by the Sergeant-at-Arms or his represen- 
tative when the House is called to order. On the K. of the Chair is Vander- 




THE HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES. 




STORY'S MARSHALL. 



lyn's full-length Portrait of 
President Washington, and on 
the W., Ary Scheffer's Portrait 
of Marquis de Lafayette, pre- 
sented to Congress by the 
Marquis. In the panels E. 
and W. of the doors entering 
the Lobby, are Bierstadt's 
paintings representing the 
Settlement of California, and 
The Discovery of the Hudson 
River. At the foot of the E. 
Gratid Staircase, E. of the 
Hall, is Power's Statue of 
Thomas Jejfersoti, cost, $io,- 
000. Over the landing is 



74 JUDICIARY SQUARE, INTERIOR DEPT. AND VICINITIES. 



XIII.— INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND VICINITY. 




Continued on Map V 



THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. 



75 



Points of Interest. — Map XIII. Interior Department (Patent Office), 
General Post-Office, U. S. Pension Building, U. S. Court House, Medical 
Museum, National Rifles' Armory, Mount Vernon Place, Money Order Office. 



Carpenter's painting of the Signing of the Proclamation of Emancipa- 
Hon, by President Lincoln, in the presence of his Cabinet, Sept. 22, 1863, 
presented to Congress by Mrs. Mary E. Thompson. W. of the Hall is the 
W. Grand Staircase, at the foot of which is Vincenti's bronze bust of Bee- 
She-Kec, a Chippewa Warrior. Over the landing is Leutze's Chromo Silica, 
Westiuard Ho, cost, $20,000. The Golden Gate, Harbor of San Francisco, 
beneath, is by Bierstadt. 

The room of the Com. on Ways and Means (67) is richly frescoed. In the 
room of the Com. on Military Affairs (63) is Lieut.-Col. Eas man's collection 
of paintings of the principal Forts of the U. S. The rest of the apartments 
in this part of the building are without special interest. 

Leaving the House wing, the con- 
necting corridor, (59), opposite the 
main door of the House, leads to the 
National Statuary Hall, (58). This 
magnificent apartment, before the ex- 
tension of the Capitol, was occupied 
by the House of Representatives. It 
consists of a semi-circle of 96' chord, 
and 57' high. In 1864 Congress in- 
vited each State to furnish, not exceed- 
ing two, marble or bronze statues of 
its deceased citizens, illustrious for dis- 
tinguished civil military service, and 
designated this Hall to receive them. 
The Statues received in the order of 
their presentation to Congress, and 
now placed in position are : 

Rhode Island. — Roger Williams, 
promoter of Civil and Rehgious Lib- 
erty in America, by Simmons, and Gen. 
Nathaniel Greene, of the Continental 
Army, by Brown. 

Connecticut. — Jonathan Trum- 
bull, 2. Patriot of the Revolution, and 

from whom the term "Brother Jonathan" orignated, and Roger Sherman, 
one of the Committee to Draft the Declaration of Independence, both by Ives. 

New York. — George Clinton^ Signer of the Declaration of Indepenpence, 
and Vice-President of the U. S., by Brown, and Robert R. Livingston, Chan- 
cellor who administered the oath io President Washington, 1 789, by Palmer. 

Massachusetts. — John JVinthrop, first Governor of Massachusetts, 1630, 
by R. vS. (ireenough, and Samuel Adams, an early advocate of American 
Liberty, by Miss Whitney. Vermont. — Ethan Allen, Captor of Fort Tic- 
onderog 1 "in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress," 
by Mead, and Jacob Collamer, a Senator, by Powers. Maine. — William 
King, first Governor of Maine, 1820, by Simmons. Pennsvl\ AMA. — Rob- 
ert Julton, inventor and pioneer in Steam as a motive power for navigation. 




NAVAL MONUMENT. 



76 STATUE OF MARSHALL AND BOTANIC GARDEN. 



by Roberts, and Gen. Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, of the Continental Army, 
by Miss Nevin. Among the other Statues in the Hall are Thomas Jefferson, 
Author of the Declaration of Independence, by P. T. David D'Angers. 
Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, Horatio Stone, and 
Abraham Lincoln, by Miss Vinnie Ream. Over the N. door is Franzoni's 
Clock, representing the Car of Time. The hall also presents certain acoustic 
phenomena, which will be explained by persons near by, familiar with the hall 
and the precise points of position. 

From the Statuary Hall the visitor will pass through the N. door and 
vestibule into the Rotunda. Thence from the W. door descending the steps, 
leave the building by the W. entrance. At the foot of the terrace is Story's 
heroic l)ronze statue of John Marshall Chief justice of the U S., i8oi-'35, 
(see page 73,) erected in 1884, by the Congress and Bar of the U. S. 
Cost of Statue and Pedestal, $40,000. The bassi relievi represent Minerva 
dictating the Constitution to iVmerica, and Conimerce and Education bringing 
forward a young l>oy. Agriculture, in one panel, and Victory bringing forward 
America to swear allegiance on the altar of the Union, in the other. 

The tourist will now take the broad walk, S. of the statue, to the Maryland 
Ave. entrance to the grounds, and thence N. by ist St., W., to the main 
entrance of the BoTANic Gardens. In front of the Conservatories is the 
Bartholdi Fountain, 30' high wiih 9 outlets and an illuminating apparatus of 
12 lamps ignited by electricity, thus giving the effect of light and water. 
Cost, $6,000. The numbers on Map XII indicate the places of interest in 
the Garden, as follows : i. Rotunda of Conservatory, temperature 80° Fahr, 
containing varieties of Palms. 2. E. wing, temperature 40° and Range 50-". 
Plants of tlie South Sea Islands, South Africa, and Australia. 3. W. wing 
and Range, same temperature as E., Plants of China, Japan, East and West 
Indies, and Mexico. 4. Office of Superintendent, 5, 6. Propagating 
Houses. 7. Residence of Superintendent. 8. Packing Propagating Houses. 

After finishing the Garden, the tourist should return to ist St., W., by the 
gate at which he entered, and thence walk to the Naval Monument, or 
Monument of Peace, (see page 75,) by Simmons, at the Pennsylvania Ave. 
entrance to the Capitol Park. It was designed by Admiral Porter, U. S, N., 
executed in Marble, erected in 1877, cost $21,000. Paid for out of subscrip- 
tions by the Officers of the Admiral's ileet after tlie fall of Fort Fisher, and 
Secretary of the Navy, Borie, and others. It is 44' high; represents History 
recording the woes narrated by America. On the plinths Victory is crown- 
ing young Neptune and Mars, and Peace offers the olive branch. Congress 
appropriated $20,000 for the foundation and basin, and the latter statues, 
total cost, $41,000. 

At the Naval Monument the tourist may take a horse car of the W. and G. 
R. R., to C and New Jersey Ave., and there take a car of the Metropolitan 
R. R. going W. (See Map XII). 

At 4th St. and Indiana Ave., the line reaches Judiciary Square, passing on 
the r. the I'. S. Court House and Lincoln Column, by Lot Flannery, erected 
by contributions of patriotic citizens. The former was erected in l82o-'49, 
is 25o'xi8o', has a freestone basement and stuccoed superstiucture, and on 
the S. front, Ionic Porticoes. It was formerly the City Hall but is now occu- 
pied by the Courts of the U. S. and the District of Columbia. At 5th St., 
W. the cars turn N. and at F St., turn W. The immense brick structure 
on the N. portion of Judiciary Square, is the U. S. PENSION BUILDING, 400'x 



PENSION BUILDING AND PATENT OFFICE. 



77 



200' and 75' high. It is fire-proof throughout. The frieze over tlie first story 
consists of a terra cotta sculpture band 3' high, representing Mihtary and 
Naval subjects. There are accomodations for 1,500 clerks. The building 
cost $400,000 and over 15,000,000 bricks were used in its construction. 

At 7th St. the line intersects the 7th St. branch of the W. andG. R.R., extend- 
ing to the Boundary N. and the Steamers Wharves S. 




INTERIOR DEPARTMENT (PATENT OFFICE.) 

After passing 7th St., on the N. stands the Department of the Interior 
(Patent Office), open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. This massive Structure, 453'x 
331 , was erected i836-'6o, and cost $2,500,000. Tha centre is of free stone 
and the ^wings of marble, resting on a basement of granite. The basement 




THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE. 



and first story are occupied by the various bureaus of the Department of the 
Interior including the Patent Office. The entire second floor is devoted to 
the Museum of Models of the Patent Office, containing 200,000 models. 
The four halls are of superb construction, and contain many objects of 
historic interest in addition to the valuable and instructive collection of models, 



78 



GENERAL POST-OFFICE. 



XIV.— STATUE OF THOMAS 




L- 









lt\ •*" ^ Fn T o i^e Cap'l ' 



[ 



AND IOWA CIRCLE. 

representuig the inventive 
genius of the American peo- 
ple. Directly S. of the Inter- 
ior Department is the Gen- 
eral Post-Office, open 
from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Com- 
menced in 1S39 aiid finished 
in 1867, cost, $2,700,000.. 
The structure is of marble 
and belongs to the Corrnthiau 
order. The entire building i- 
occupied by the various bran- 
ches of the General Post- Office. 
In the suite of apartments of 
the Postmaster-General, is a 
collection of Crayon Portraits 
i){ those Officers since the 
foundation of the Government.. 
On the second or principal 
^. floor, reached by the stairway 
from the E. door on the N.. 
front of the ])uilding, is the 
Dead Letter Ojfice Museum, 
Here will be found a number 
of curious objects taken in 
transit in the mails for non- 
payment of postage, or as an- 
mailable. The person in the 
room will point out the most 
interesting articles. 

At 8th St., one sf|uare S., 
>tan(ls the Money Order Office, 
a large brick building, connec- 
ted with the General Post- 
Office by an iron bridge across 
the street. 

At 9th St., is intersected the 
9th St. branch of the Metro- 
politan line, extending N. to 
the boundary and S. to the 
Washington Banacks. The 
Masonic 'J^emple stands on the 
( Continued 0)1 pa t^e 79. ) 



Points OF Interesi. — 
Franklin Square, Statues of 
Thomas and Luther, Iowa Cir- 
cle and vicinities, and Colum- 
bian University. 



Continued ou Map H 



MEDICAL MUSEUM, MCPHERSON AND FARRAGUT STATUES. 79. 




5 SO S MC PHER 



N. W. Cor. At loth St., one square S. 
is the Medical Museum, open from 9 
a. m. to 4 p. m., formerly Ford's Theatre, 
the place ot assassination of President 
Lincoln. Visitors will enter and ascend 
directly to the Museum on the 3d floor. 
The attendant in the room will answer 
questions and give desired information 
respecting the principal features of the 
:ollection; the finest in the world. In 
the back parlor of the house, No. 516, 
opposite. President Lincoln died after 
being carried from the Theatre. At I Ith 
St., the Capitol, N. O St. and S. Wash- 
ington R. R., (Belt Line,) is intersected. Other 
points of interes? along this line, and within 
easy access from it, including the Bureau of 
Ed7ication, National Rifies' Armory, will be 
found by reference to Map XIII. 

At 14th St., W. (see Map XIV) the cars turn 
N. The Treasury Department may be seen one 
square W. After crossing, at New York Ave., 
the Columbia R. R., to the Government Print- 
ing Office and Boundary, at H St , n. w., is the 
Columbian University , and in the square E., on 
H St., bet. 13th and 14th Sts., W., are the 
Preparatory School and Medical College of the 
same Institution. The new University building 
is a fine brick structure, I2i'x64, 4 stories high 
and richly ornamented with appropriate alti relivi 

in terra cotta, erected in i883-'4, and cost of ^^^^g^ hoxie's farragut- 
building and ground, $150,000. Visitors will 

be shown through the building by the 
janitor. At this point the cars pass with- 
in one square of the Bronze Equestrian 
Statue of Gen. J. B. McPherson, by 
Robisso, erected in 1876, bv the Society 
of the Army of the Tennessee, and cost 
$23,500. The superb granite pedestal was 
constructed by the Government, and cost 
$25,000. 

From this Statue the tourist may return 
by way of Vermont Ave. to H St., and 
thence resume his journey by the same hne 
of cars, (see Map XV), passing Judiciary 
Square and Statue of Gen. Jackson, on the 
r.,or he may take I or K Sts., N., and 
walk two squares W. to the heroic STATUE 
OF Admiral David G. Farragut, U. S. 
Xavy, by Mrs. Vinnie Reem Hoxie, 
ordered by Congress, 1872, cast from metal 





brown's SCOTT. 



^o 



THE STATUE OF SCOTT. 



of the propelloi- of the Admiral's Flag Ship, Hartford, unveiled 1881, and 
cost $20,000; Pedestal $5,000. 

Take the horse cars on 17th St. to N. St., or walk, via. 17th St. to R. I 
Ave., and thence to the intersection of R. I. and Mass. Avenues, to the Bronze 
Equestrian Statue of Gen. Wi.nfield Sco it, by H. K. Brown, ordered by Con- 



XV. 



-STATUES OF McPHERSON, SCOTT AND DUPONT 
AND VICINITIES. 








I Lafa^iette Sg. ] /" 



— — To the CttpitoL f 



Continued on Alap III. 



PoiNis OK Interest. — Statues of McPherson, Farragut, Scott and 
Dupont, British Legation, and Louis Home. References — A. Admiral's 
Office. B. Metropolitan Club. C. Richmond Flats. D. The Arlington. 



THE STATUE OF DUPONT AND OAK HILL CEMETERY. 



81 



gress, 1867, erected 1874, cost $20,000. The Pedestal consists of 5 blocks of 
granite. Thence return by N St. to Conn. Ave. Opposite stands the fine 
mansion of the British Legation, and one square be- 
yond is the heroic Bronze Statue of Rear Admiral 
Samuel F. Dupont, by Launt Thompson, ordered 
by Congress 1882, erected 1884, cost, $14,000. In 
the section of the city represented by Maps XIII, XIV 
and XV, are situated the finest Church edifices, of all 
denominations, in Washington. They may be located 
by reference to the Maps and Stranger's Directory, 
Churches, in this book. 

Thence take the horse cars (see Map XVI) which 
continue W., crossing Rock Creek into West Wash- 
ington. At 30th or Washington St., (see Map XVII), 
the tourist should alight and walk to Oak Hill Cem- 
etery. This beautiful city of the dead, the gift of 
W. W. Corcoran, comprises 30 a., and has an endow- 
ment of $120,000 from that gentleman. Just W. of 
the Chapel, near the main gate, is the Gra-i^e of J. Ho7v- 
rad Payne, the author of "Home, Sweet Home," and 
a monument to his memory, erected in 1884, when his 
remains were removed from Tunis, Africa, and deposi- 

ted there. The remains of many other distinguished ^^^^^^,^^^^^,3 dupont. 
men rest m this Cemetery. 

From this point along Road St., " Georgetaivn Heights,'''' a short walk wiR 

XVI.— WASHINGTON TO WEST WASHINGTON. 





Continued on Map //. 



S2 



WEST WASHINGTON. 



bring the tourist to the High Service Reservoir^ capacity, 1,000,000 gallons, 
fed by the pumping engins at the Washington Aqueduct Bridge, (see Map i), 
thence walking S. along High St. to 3d (P) St., the cars will carry him to 
35th (Fayette) St., on the n. w. cor. of which stands the Convent and 
Academy of the Visiuttion, (Roman Catholic), founded in 1799. The Academy 
is open to visitors on Wednesdays and Saturdays after 12 m., Entrance from 
35tn (Fayette) St. In the Vault of the Convent rest the remains of a daugh- 
ter of Gen. Winfield Scott, a religieuse of the order. 

From the Academy, a short walk of one square S. to 2d (O) St., and thence 
thaee squares E., will lead the tourist to Georgetown College^ a fine stone 
structure of the pointed style. From the cliff S. of the building may be had 
an excellent view of the Ltttle Falls and the Potomac as far as the eye can 
reach. The View of Washington is also very extensive. 

After leaving the College, the tourist should return to 36th (Lingam) St., 
and thence proceed S. to M (Bridge) St. From the Georgetowji Aqueduct 
Bridge he will have a good view of the extensive Coal Chutes and the Ship- 
ping of West Washington. West Washington, or Georgetown is the Port 
of Entry of Washington. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal which terminates 



XVII.— WEST WASHINGTON AND OAK HILL CEMETERY. 

32 




Oak Hill Cemelr^ 



'Cafe 





t^^M. 



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Continued on Map I. 

'VOINTS OF Interest.— Oak Hill Cemetery — Cirave and Monument of 
! Payne, the author of "Home Sweet Home," and Georgetown Heights. 



AVEST WASHINGTON, CANAL, AQUEDUCT AND SHIPPING. 83 



XVIIL— WEST WASHINGTON. 



Ihere, brings the 
• coal from Cum- 
iberland, the entre 
ipot of the West- 
«ern Maryland 
:and W. Virginia 
Coal Fields, to 
dde water, a dis- 
tance of 182 m. 
This Caiial, com- 
Tmenced in 1828, 
1S2 m. long, cast 
$13,000,000, and 
is one of the finest 
works of the kind 
in the U. S. The 
Branch Canal to 
' Ah'xandria, Va. 
crosses the Poto- 
mac River by 
means of the 
Geo't'n Aqueduct 
1400' long. This 
portion of the city 
represented in 
Map XVIII, con- 
stitutes the ex- 
treme Western 
limits of West 
Washington and 
•completes the cir- 
cuit of the heart 
■of the city. 

The tourist 
should now visit 
the Statues of 
Gen. Thomas zxid 
Martin LutJier^ 
which being off 
the main lines 
are reserved for a 
special trip. He 
takes the vV. and 



To CorhduURoad. 
CdJbircJohnBr.l 



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T~]\ I^E^J 
I ^ [ yRcp 



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Points of Interest. — Shipping and Coal Chutes, 
G R. R. on M Georgetown College, and High Service Reservoir. 
(Bridge) St. at 

32d (High) St. and returns to the city, viewing the objects of interest 
on either side of the route, by following his course on Maps, I, II and III to 
15th St., W. Here he should alight and get an exchange ticket and be sure 
that he takes the 14th St. branch, on New York Ave., as two lines start from 
^his point. 



84 



THE STATUES OF THOMAS AND LUTHER. 




WARD'S THOMAS. 



After passing the Young J/<7/'j Christian Association on the )., the cars 
turn N. into 14th St., W. The tourist should now follow his course on Map 
XIV for points of interest. At M St. the cars reach the Bronze Si A'l UE of 
(tEN. George H. Thomas, by J. Q. A. 
Ward, erected in 1879 by the Society of the 
Army of the Cumberland, cost, $40,000. 
Immediately N. of this Statue, in the Trian- 
gle in front of the Memorial Lutheran Church, 
is the heroic Bronze Statue of Martin 
LuiHER, the German Religious Reformer, a 
replica of the central figure of the Luther 
Memorial, or Reformation Group, by Reit- 
schel, at Worms, Germany, erected by an 
association of Lutherans in 1884. in commem- 
oration of the 400th anniversary of the Re- 
former's birth, Nov. 10, 1483, cost, with 
pedestal, $10,000. The cars continue to 
Boundary. The Garfield Hospital is at the N. end of I ith St., W. 

The tourist desiring to visit the Government Printing Office will take 
the Columbia Horse Cars. This line begins on New York York Ave. at 15th 
St., W., (see A, Map III.) After crossing 14th St., for points of interest 
along his course, the tourist will follow his route on Map XIV from 15th to 
I2th St., W., Map XIII from 13th to 4^ Sts., W., and Maps XII from 4th 
St., to 1st St., E. At N. Capitol St. he will alight, 
and on that street enter the Government Printing 
Office, open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Ascend to the 
2d fl., the messenger will make the necessary arrange- 
ments. On the 1st fl. are the Press and Proof-read- 
ing Rooms; 2d fl., the Composing Rooms and Offices ; 
3d fl., the Bindery, and 4th fl.. Folding Room. From 
the Government Printing Office the street cars con- 
tinue E. At 7th St., n. e. the tourist May leave the 
cars and walk to the Columbia Institution for the 
Deaf and Dumb, at the N. end of that street. The 
Institution is open every day except Sundays. It is 
sustained by Congress for the use of the District ot 
Columbia and the Army and Navy. A Collegiate 
Department, open to both sexes is attached. The 
main buikhng is of the pointed gothic style, and con- 
tains the Chapel, Lecture Rooms, &c. The large 
buildings near by are the Dormitories, Class-rooms, &c. 
The horse cars from 7th St., E., continue to the E. 
Boundary of the city. Opposite is Graceland Ceme- 
tery, and a short kistance N. on the Baltimore Turn- 
pike, is Mount Olivet, Roman Catholic Cemetary. 
Mrs. Surratt, executed for comphcity in the assassina- 
tion of President Lincoln, and Wirz, the Anderson- 

ville Prison Keeper, are buried here. Two miles rejtschel's luther. 
beyond is the Rcfortn School, established m 1866, 

which occupies the site of Ft. Lincoln. The tourist may return by the same 
route or walk to Lincoln Square and thence return by the Metropolitan 
R. R. (See Map X.) 




THE ENVIRONS OF WASHINGTON. 





The immediate vicinity of Washington presents a number of places of in- 
terest to invite the attention of the tourist, and which, if time permits, should 
be visited before leaving the City. (See Rates of Public Conveyances.) 

Mount Vernon. 

— The Home and 

To)nh of George JVas/i- 

ington, may be reach- 
ed by steamer leaving 

the 7lh St. vharf (see 

Maps V and VI, to 

wharf) every day ex- 
cept Sunday, at lo a. 

m., returning at 3.30 

p. m,; Fare, $1.00 

After passing the Bar- 
racks and the mouth 

of the Anacostia, the 

steamer touches a t 

the old Virginia City 

of Alexandria, passes 

the Light House at 

Jones' Pomt, the site 

of the corner stone ot 

the boundaries of the 

D. C, planted in 1791, 

touches at Ft. Foote 

and Ft. Washington, 

an old-time stone case- 
mated work, and 

thence to Mount V^er- 
non on the opposite side of the river. Distance, 14 m. The competent Super- 
intendent of the place will explain all points of interest. 

Ft. Myer, Arlington and National Cemetery.— These places, open 
every day from sunrise to sunset, can be easily reached afoot by those choos- 
ing this means of visiting them, by taking the W. and G. R. R., to the 
Georgetown Aqueduct, (see Map XVITI). There is a fixed charge for car- 
riages, see Stranger's Directory. After cross' ng the Aqueduct take the 
military road to the r. following the army telegraph line to Ft. Myer, i m. 
This is the station of Instruction and Drill oi the U. S. Signal Service. 
Pass through the Fort and follow the road leading to the rear gate of the 
National Cemetery. The main drive will lead to Arlington House. 
This was the home of G. W. Parke Custis, the adopted son of Gen. Wash- 
ington, and later of Robert E. Lee, after 1861, Commander of the Confed- 
erate Forces in the Rebellion of i86i-'5. There are buried here 15,585 

85 




TOMB OF WASHINGTON. 



MOUNT VERNON. 



S6 



CABIN-JOHN BRIDGE, AND THE SOLDIERS' HOME. 



soldiers. The granite sarcophagus, S. of the mansion, contains the bones of 
2,111 unknown soldiers. The Superintendent will give further information. 
From the Mansion descend the liill to the main gate, returning to Washing- 
ton by Long Bridge, (Map IV), or by direct road back to the Georgetown 
Aqueduct. The latter is best suited for pedestrians, being nearer. The 
entire distance from the Acpieduct liy this route, is 3^^ m. 

Cabin-John and Chain Bridges, and Little and Great Falls of 
the Potomac. — The round-trip is 18 m. from Rock Creek. Leave West 
Washington by T (7tli) St., which leads to the Conduit Road, (see Map 
XVIII). The first point, 3 m., is the Distributing Rerer-uoir, 33 ^-j capacity, 

300,000,000 galls, elevat'n, 144'. 
Here the mains to the city com- 
mence, and here also the cylin- 
drical Contluit from the Great 
Falls of the Potomac terminates. 
The next point, 2 m., is the 
Receiving Reservoir, capacity, 
163,000,000 galls. Resuming 
the drive on the Conduit, 3 m, 
distant is Cabin-John Bridge- 
the longest arch of masonery, 
220' with 57^' rise, in the 
world. The Bridge is 400' long, 
cost, $237,000. A good dinner 
may be had at the hotel. The 
Conduit road continues to the 
Great Falls of the Potomac, the 
starting point of the Aqueduct, 
lOj^ m. distant. The entire 
delivering capacity of the Reser- 
voir is 80,000,000 gals, in 24 hours, cost $3,500,000. From Cabin-John 
Bridge, at the Distributing Reservoir, take the road to the r. to Chain- 
Bridge, so named 1)ecause the original structure was protected from the 
violence of freshets Ijy chains, and return by the river road along the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Little Falls of the Potomac, to West Wash- 
ington. 

Soldiers' Home, National Cemetery, Rock Creek Church, Bright- 
wood, Ft. Stevens, Battle Cemetery, and Mt. Pleasant.— To the Sol- 
diers' Ht)me is the fashionable drive, particularly of a Summer evening. 
Leaving the City by 7th St. to Whililey Ave., the large building on the hill 
on the r., after passing the Boundary, is the ILncard L 'niversity, incorpora- 
ted 1867, for the education of youth, irrespective of color or sex, but devoted 
to the instruction of colored youth. A Normal School is attached. Another 
outward route is by New York Ave. and N. Capitol St., and Lincoln Ave., 
passing Glenivood Cemetery, 90 a. beautifully laid out, with many fine monu- 
ments. The Soldiers' Home is for Regulars or Volunteers who served in 
the Mexican War, and privates in the Regular Army. It was founded by an 
appropriation of the pillage money levied by Gen. Scott on the City of Mexico. 
After entering the grounds, which comprise* 500 a., may be seen near the build- 
ings the heroic Statue of Gen. Winfiei.d Scott, by Launt Thompson, 
erected in 1874 by the Home, in honor of its founder, cost, $18,000. The 
Presidents, since Buchanan, have occupied one of cottages during the Sum- 




THE soldiers' HOME. 



rr. STEVENS, INSANE ASYLUM AND STRANGER' S DIRECTORY S^ 



mer Vfler viewing tlie buildings and the " Capitol Vista," leave the grounds 
bv the N. gate and visit the National Military Cemetery, containing 
c 424 graves, and Rock Creek (St Paul's Episcopal) Church and Ceme- 
tery, adjoining, the oldest in the District of Columbia, erected 1719, of im- 
ported bricks, and remodeled in 1868. Thence drive to Brighhvood, and 
thence to Ft. Stevens, the scene of a severe battle and defeat ot a Confed- 
erate force in July, 1864, and the nearest approach of the enemy to Washington. 
\ Methodist Church now stands on the site. A short distance beyond is the 
Battle Cemetery where the killed were interred. Return to the City by 
the road leading to the right at Brightwood, and passing through .1/^zm/ /'/^^J-- 
auL one of the N. suburbs, enter Washington at 14th St., W. The large 
building on the hill at the head of 15th St., W., is the Way land Semtnary, 
founded in 1865, by the Baptists, for the education of colored preachers and 

^ Anacostia and the Government Hospital for the Insane.— This 
trip may be made afoot. Take the W. and G. R. R. to the Navy Yard, (see 
Map VIII), and there get a transfer ticket on the Anacostia and 1 otomac 
R R and cross the Navy Yard Bridge to Anacostia, and within i m. of the 
\sylum The Go^■ERNMENT Hospital for the Insane, (visiting days, 
Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p. m., and friends of patients every day except Sun- 
day), was founded in 1855. The main building, 750^x200', occupies a com- 
manding site overlooking the two rivers and the City, and has 550 single 
rooms. The W. wing is for males, and the E. for female patients. 1 here 
are accommodations in all the buildings for 1,000 patients. 



STRANGER'S DIRECTORY. 

( Continued from page 8.) 

Rates for Public Conveyances.— CVr/W^.i,^. $1.50 per hour for double 
Carriage; $1.00 per hour for Coup^. Special rates are charged when per- 
sons wish to go outside the City. The trips mentioned under * ' The Environs 
of Washington," are subject to special rates to be arranged between the 
parties. 

Cabs. 75 cts. per hour for one or two persons; $1.00 per hour for three 
or four persons, 25 cts. for each passenger within one mile. 

Horse Cars. (See Maps for routes and objects of interest along them.) 
The Horse Cars on all lines run at intervals of a few minutes during the day, 
and less frequently till midnight or earlier in less populous parts of the City, 
when they cease running. Fare, 5 cts. or 6 tickets for 25 cts., good on all 
Unes, and transfers given on branches of the same lines. On extensions of 
lines a small additional sum is charged. 

Church Directory.— The following are representative churches of each 
denomination. Other churches will be found by reference to the Maps. 

Baptist, Calvary, cor. H and 8th Sts., n. w.. Map XIII; Rev. S. H. 
Greene. "^'" Street, E St., bet. 6th and 7th Sts., n. w.. Map XIII; Rev 
D. W. Faunce. First, 13th St. bet. G and H Sts., n. w., Map XIII ; Rev. 
J. H. Cuthbert. Metropolitan, cor. A and 6th; Sts., n. e.. Map XI; Rev. W. 
M. IngersoU. 



88 PLACES OF WORSHIP. 



CHKisTiAiJ— Christian Church, Vermont Ave. bet. N and O Sts., n. w., 
Map XIV; Rev. F. D. Power. 

Congregational — First Congregational Churchy cor. G and loth Sts., n. 
w., Map XIII; Rev. C. L. Goodell. 

Episcopal, Protestant — Christ, (West Washington), cor. 31st (Con- 
gress) and O (Beall) Sts., Map XVII; Rev. Albert R. Stuart. Church of 
the Ascension, cor. Mass. Ave. and 12th St., n. w., Map XIV; Rev. J. H. 
Elliott. Church of the Epiphany, G St. bet. 13th and 14th Sts., n. w.,'Map 
XIV; Rev. Wm. Paret. St. John's, cor. i6th and II Sts., n. w.. Map XV; 
Rev. W. A. Leonard. Trinity, cor. 3d and C Sts., n. w., Map XII; Rev. 
Thomas Addison. 

Friend's Meeting House, I St., bei. i8th and 19th Sts., n. w., Map XV; 
(Hicksite) ii a. m. only. 

Hebrew — Adas Israel Congregation, (Orthodox), cor. 6th and G Sts., n. 
w., Map XIII; services, Friday, sunset; Sabbath, (Saturday), 8 a. m. 
Washington Congregation, 8th St., bet. H and I Sts., n. w.. Map XIII; 
services, Friday at sundown, Sabbath, (Saturday), 9 a. m.. Minister, L. Stern. 

Independent — The Tabernacle, 9th St. bet. B. and C. Sts., s. w., Map 
V; Rev. 

Lutheran — Church of the Reformation, Pa. Ave. and 2d St., s. e., Maj-) 
XI; Rev. W. E. Parson. German Evangelical, cor. 4th and E Sts., n. w., 
Map XII; Rev. W. C. H. Luebkert. St. Pauls, ct)r. nth and H Sts., n. 
w., Map XIII; Rev. Samuel Dormer. Memorial, 14th St. and ^'ernl0nt 
Ave., n. w., Map XIV; Rev. J. G. Butler. 

Methodist Episcopal — Eoiindry, cor. G and 14th Sts., n w.. Map XIV; 
Rev. H. R. Naylor. Metropolitan, cor. C and 4^ Sts., n. w., Map V; Rev. 
E. D. Huntley. Mount Vernon Place, (South), cor. K and 9th Sts., n. w.. 
Map XIII; Rev. Dr. Cox. 

Methodist Protestant, 9th St. bet. E and F Sts., n. w., Map XIII; 
Rev. J. L. Mills. 

Presbyterian — Fitst, 41^ St. bet. C and D Sts., n. w., Map XIII; Rev, 
Byron Sunderland. Fourth, 9th St. bet. G and H Sts., n. w., Map XIII; 
Rev. J. T. Kelly. Ne^v York Avenue, N. V. Ave. bet. 13th and 14th Sts., 
n. w., Map XIV; Rev. W. A. Bartlett. 

Roman Catholic — St. Aloysius\ cor. N. Capitol and I Sts., n. w., Maj) 
VII ; Rev. J. S. Noonan. St. Mathe^v's, cor. 15th and H Sts., n. w.. Map XI\'; 
Rev. P. L. Chapelle. St. Patrick's, loth St. bet. F and G Sts., n. w.. Map 
XIII; Rev. J. A. Walter. St. A uo- us tine's, (colored), 15th near L St., n. w.. 
Map XV; Rev. T. M. Walsh. 

Swedenborgian — Xew Jerusalem, N. Capitol St. bet. B and C Sts., n. 
e.. Map XII; Rev. Jabez Fox. 

Unitarian — Church of All Souls, cor. L and 14th Sts., n. w., Map XIV; 
Rev. Rush R. Shippen. 

Xi-^WY.KSklA'&T— Church of Ottr Father, cor. L and 13th Sts., n. w.. Map 
XIV; Rev. Alex. Kent. 

Young Men's Christian Association, New York Ave. bet. 14th and 
15th Sts., n. w.. Map XIV. Bible Class, 4.30 to 5.30 p. m.; Young Mens' 
Prayer Meeting, 6 to 7 p.m.; Daily Prayer Meeting, 12 to 12.30 p.m.; 
Meeting for Young Men only, 'Wednesday, 7.15 p. m. 



(Continued f om second page of Cover. ) 
BICYCLE CLUBS AND RUNS. 

to Chain Bridge, 5 miles. The roads 01 the Virginia side are not suited to 
Bicycling. Return by same route, totil distance 10 mile-;. 

Caij[.\-Johx Bridge Leive the itv by l*e ma. Vve., M, or P Sts.,n. \v., 
to 32d (Highi St., West Washington, thence V. to T St . (see Map XVUI), 
thence by the C 'nduit roid, pissiig the Distriliu ing and Receiving Reser- 
voirs to »/'abii-[ohn Bridge 9 miles R t rii by the same ro ite, or at the 
Distributing Reservoir lake the road South to the Canal, or Chain Bridge 
road, thence Kast into M (Bridge) S- , ^"^ e t Washington, thence into the 
City by Penna. Ave., or M St., total di-ta-ice 18 miles. 

Great Falls of the Po.omac. Th^ same route to Cabin-John Bridge, 
thence follow the direct . onduit road, 9 miles to Great Falls. Return by 
same route, total distance from Washington, 36 miles. Road not verv good. 

ARLLN'orox. — Leave the Ciiy by Penn Ave., and M St. to the George- 
town Bridge. At the Souih end of the Bridfje the road up the 
hill to the right is the Military road to Ft. Myer; hilly, but f om the top- 
makes a fine run. The road to the left leads to the main g.tes of Arlington. 
The choice of routes is through Ft. Myer, thence by main road to the West 
Arlington gxte thence through the grounds to Arlington House. Return 
from the mail gate by main road to \W Washington or to Long Bridge, 
thence into the City. The road irom Arlington gate to Long Bridge is 
subiect to effects of bad weather, total distance, 8 miles. 

ALEXANDiiiA. — Leave the Ciy l)y 13th St to Maiyland Ave , s. w., thence 
by f ong Bridge and Turnpike to Alexandria, 8 miles Return same way. 
Total distance, 16 miles. Or through West Washington or by Alexandiia 
Ferry. 

Mt. Veuxo.v. — Satne route to Alexandria, thence by direct telegraph road, 
8 miles to Mt. Vernon gate. Cyclists may return by steamer, leaving daily, 
except Sundays, at 2 \). m. 

Tenali.yiown.— Take Penna. Ave., M, or P Sts., n. w., to 32d (High) 
St., West Washington, and thence to Road St., and thence North by turn- 
pike to Tenallytown, 4 miles. 

RocKVi 1.1. E.— Leave the City by 7th St, W, thence by 7th St. road to 
Norbeck, 18 miles, ilicnce W. to destination. 3 miles, total distance, 23 miles. 
Return by Tenallytown ii miles, thence by Tenallytown turnpike through 
West Washington to City, total distance, 46 miles. Roads sandy. 

Bennings Bridge. — Leave the City by Massach. setts Ave. and H sts., 
n. e., or Maryland Avenue, from the Capitol, East, to Bennings Bridge ro.d. 
From the East end of liridgc the roads North to Biadensburg, or South to 
Navy Yard Bridge, ?re not desirable. The direct road East to Good Hope 
Road will lead to Marlboro, 20 miles. Return from Bennings Bridge by 
same route, total distance. 8 miles. 

Bladensiuirg. — Leave the City the same as for Bennings Bridge. At the 
terminus of Maryland Ave., or H St., n. e., take the turnpike to the North to 
destination, 6 miles. Return by Soldiers' Home, total distance, ii miles. 

I.NSANE Asylum.— Leave the City by Penna Ave. to 8th Sl, s. e , thence 
by M to nth St., thence across the Navy Vard Bridge, thence to the right, 
ascending the hill to the Asylum gale, 4 miles. Return by same route. 

Marluoro. — Leave the City by llie same route as for the Insane Asylum, 
At the South end of the Navy Yard Bridge take the direct, Good Hope Road, 
to the left, to destination, 20 mi.es. Return by same route, 40 miles. 



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